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Created on: July 22, 2010
I am sitting here with a sign in my hand
How I got here no body knows
The sign says will work for food
My hair is long my beard is too
I am hungry and don't have shelter
For the night
I sleep on the hard cold ground
Why am I here there is no relief in sight
Town to town no place to call my home
I am lonely and sad and hungry
Most of the time why am I here
This suffering is getting old
I wished I had a place to call my own
But instead I am here with the sign in my hand
Will work for food
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