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Obituary: $7.25 A Week For Food

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Lew Rosenbaum
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Embarrassed to plead
For his weekly grocery dough
George stayed home. . . and starved.

The Proud, Joyful Man

Prudhomme L’Joie crawls
Crying for bread, hands outstretched,
Only finds stale crumbs
~By Lew Rosenbaum

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