I went to the
Social Security office
in Nashville three
times about my
survivor benefits.
Three times they
told me different
amounts.
$1,420. $1,680. $1,340.
Three visits.
Three numbers.
I brought a notebook.
Wrote down every name.
Every date.
Every figure.
The fourth visit
I handed that notebook
to the supervisor.
“Your office has given
me three different
numbers in three months.
I need the right one.
Today.”
The right amount
was $1,890.
They’d been
underpaying me.
For fourteen months.
Back pay: $6,580.
One notebook.
One stubborn woman.
One correct number.
Finally…
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