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Written by Chuck Wuest
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Wednesday, 27 May 2009 00:00 |
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Foreclosure took away much more than bricks and boards.
Gone their home, their car -- they joined the homeless hordes.
They’d always paid their bills, were never ones to shirk.
Their bosses coldly say that now there is no work. Gone their home, their car -- they joined the homeless hordes.
The till went bare and took their final ray of hope.
Their bosses coldly say that now there is no work.
The greedy, stone-faced lenders drained all strength to cope. The till went bare and took their final ray of hope.
Then welcome mats just vanished in their neighborhood.
The greedy, stone-faced lenders drained all strength to cope.
Belovèd pets, unfed, left home in search of food. Then welcome mats just vanished in their neighborhood.
And, on the block, a lifetime’s store of things they cherished.
Belovéd pets, unfed, left home in search of food.
At every gavel whack another treasure perished. And, on the block, a lifetime’s store of things they cherished.
They’d always paid their bills, were never ones to shirk.
At every gavel whack another treasure perished.
Foreclosure took away much more than bricks and boards.
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Hat's Off!
Gary Carden, whose play Nance Dude has been filmed and is now available in DVD. Gary says, “When I was a child, I used to see an old woman trudging along the road that runs by the Tuckaseegee River. She always carried on her back a great rack of split kindling to sell. I finally learned that people called her "Nance Dude," and that she was an outcast because she had allegedly murdered her granddaughter. She lived alone in a one-room shack with a collection of stray dogs. When she died, she was 104. Some 12 years ago, I decided to tell her story, and after two years of research, I produced a play called Nance Dude. After 10 years of producing it in libraries and community colleges, two filmmakers, Arthur Hancock and Katie Brugger, filmed it. This one-woman show is enacted by Elizabeth Westall, a blind actress who lives in Burnsville, NC. It can be ordered from me for $20 plus $3.00 for postage and handling: Gary Carden, 236 Cherry Street, Sylva, NC, 28779. I have a blog, http://hollernotes.blogspot.com, and a website, www.TanneryWhistle.net.” |
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