Turning Off The Gas Comments

This was a painful poem to read. It contains so many things which should not be true but are relentlessly true - the, suffering of children, the inadequacy of the monthly check to cover necessary expenses, numbing sense of deja vue when it comes to making do with less and less, and the children's disappointment but also their willingness to carry the load too. This is one of those unusual poems which doesn't depress us because it uplifts us.