by Moonchild

Created on: April 18, 2008

The Difference

A homeless man sits
on the curb, begging
for something to eat.

Begrudgingly I shove
my hands in my pockets;
there's some loose change.

(He'll probably just drink it up)

Flip-flop ~ shoes coming
apart at the seams, into
the burger joint. He emerges
with a hamburger wrapped in blue.

(So I was wrong)

Sitting back on the curb,
unwraps his prize with
relish ~ looks around ~ then
slowly wraps it up again.

(What, is he crazy)

Crossing the street, he hands
the blue wrapped burger to
a dirty, barefoot child

who unwraps the meal
and eats voraciously.
Homeless man sits back
down on his curb.

(I feel very small)

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