Thursday, August 18, 2016

The Bum By The Interstate

The tattered soul
holding the sign
by the interstate,
is somebody's 
child,
a person 
who had
and still
has dreams,
nobody knows
the hurts 
he has 
in his
heart,
and people
still kick
him while 
he is
down,
flicking
pennies
and giving
him the
bird,
as they
drive 
off from
the entrance
ramp,
is this 
how people 
would like to 
be treated?
Sometimes
a handout
is a hand 
up,
and hand up
is a 
handout
but
when did
God give 
you the
authority
to 
judge?
You do
not care
to know 
this man's
story,
or what
his
need 
is,
and when
life gets 
bad for
you,
you
wonder
why.

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