Momma used to say

 Momma used to say life is nothing but a lot of bittersweet memories

 Me telling ol friend Si as we talked about the death of another

 But she, his baby, fights on, like he believed and long lived

 Like his seed sown has grown into an ass kickin woman

 Momma looked back cause the future was just other 

 Trouble and death and heartache and no one can

 Fix the future, it's gotta be worked for like a father 

 For his kids and fought for like the mother

 Cause a woman will always bring more to the fight than a man

Macaroni and cheese

Everyday I ride the early trolley 

With kids going to school. 

Adults going to the first early 

Or even second job already 

Cause folks work when they can, a mule 

Pullin a plow from can till caint 

While they collect the wealth we create 

With our work and lives that amount to work 

But no real lives 

I heard a mom the other night on the trolley 

Tell her kids she's gonna cook , she 

Will have a hot meal for them 

So now the American Dream is hot macaroni and cheese 

Photo: Aircraft worker, Tennessee  1943.  Google images/CC