Poverty Playlist: “Busted” by Johnny Cash

I got a cow that’s gone dry

And a hen that won’t lay

A big stack of bills that get bigger each day.

The county will haul my belongings away. I’m busted.

With about five months until I’m out of school, the official unemployment-watch and accompanying night terrors are well underway.

As I do with most scary things…sneezing while driving, 3-month-old peaches forgotten in the crisper, the VonTrapp children… I’m going to try to soothe my fears with song. Here’s something to kick off what I hope will be a recessionary playlist. Here’s my first pick:

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