On 4/9/1930
Ida P, 58,
Is a widow who shares
Her apartment at
2985 Ocean Parkway
With Lillian L, 3,
Her granddaughter.
The census form says
Lillian is still single
And has no occupation.
Ida married at 18
And came to New York
At 22, in 1894.
She speaks English
And, somehow,
Pays $45 a month
For rent. Also,
She feeds herself
And her granddaughter,
A half-orphan
Who is sickly but
Will live 76 more years.
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