She's got a new plan, invented On a cold morning in April, A pilgrimage to Tennessee, Just west of Nashville, where she knows Some people who are close enough To take her in, with two kids now, Long enough to get on her feet, Find work, apply for benefits.
She tells her daughter to be strong, To make her little brother think This move is their great adventure, Which it is, in its own fashion, Is freedom, an old idea She almost forgot. She's ready.