hey Frank .. you sound like me ... and like Kay says "staying under the radar" is a tough act - but, you can do it ...

and because of your little campouts at the hospitals (these would be considered exasperations or flares) ... keep a journal about all this when filling out the paperwork .. do they want to deal with you having to be on breathing apparatus to keep their job??

tomorrow is Monday - call your County seat and ask to speak to someone that deals with the resource center for the 'aging and disability' ... this will get you in the door for foodstamps, and 'direction' on applying for heat assistance - sometimes you can go directly thru the power company - sometimes thru the county ...

foodstamps (here in Wisc) is pretty slick - it works like a debit card .. with a pin number and and 800 number to find out the balance etc .. it's less evasive than it was with the 'paper' money they used in the past ...

and work on your poetry - and publish it ... here's an idea ... start your own blog ... and start with your poems ... when you have about 25 or so - contact a publisher ... and you can start small, printing them yourself and selling the booklet online via your site (I have all the punching and plastics to hold it together) ... did I get you thinking??? (yes, yes - I'm preaching to the choir) ..