less to say that she failed to elicit one

single plaudit

The rest of the story is soon told —

Abandoned by friends home husband

pennyless she fell—to use her own

words “ Fell like the snow flakes from heaven to hell

Fell to be trampled as filth in the street

Fell to be scoffed to be spit on and beat

Pleading Cursing Dreading to die

Selling my soul to whoever would buy

Dealing in shame for a morsel of bread

Hating the living and fearing the dead