Government Jive

10 Aug 2011

·alisajs

observing her, it was enough to break any heart the pain from her soul engulfed my own, frustration weeped from each carefully measured syllable as she continued, and I could see how she struggled to maintain her serenity trying so very hard to remain calm while searching for just the right words to state her delimna to make a point without sounding too desperate in spite of, that cold hearted hag on the other side of the counter staring back, with the drab, dreary face clueless. emotionless as she replied droning on and on about certain procedures, rules and regulations not seeing not caring not hearing the pleas in the young woman's voice how would she make it without food without money how would she pay her bills how would she live ms government crone keyed in some data finished her spiel, oblivious. insensitive, uncaring and with a most impersonal voice turned and crowed out the next number...

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The distance between two hearts is not an obstacle when true love is present...

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