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Richard La France's avatar

If it hadn't been for my car that's exactly where I would have been for two years. Thank you for bringing it to the front of how homeless are treated.

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Richbee's avatar

Thanks Richard. Close calls can affect us all.

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Always Already's avatar

Closely felt, well writ. Thank you

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David Kirkby's avatar

This is how it is for so many.

More every year and

most

thought it could never

happen

to

them...

PS Great poem, Richard.

Dave

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Richbee's avatar

The homeless give thanks in many ways unrecognized. We the people just haven’t found Buddha under the Bodhi tree.

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David Angel's avatar

You can always sell your Poetry!

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Thembeka's avatar

Wonderfully written

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Richbee's avatar

Thanks. Too many lying on street.

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Richard's avatar

Sorrowful….human suffering..

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Carolyn Jones's avatar

That double meaning of ‘no cents’ 👌

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Richbee's avatar

Makes sense. Change one day when money spent on human suffering rather than war and suffering a result.

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Richbee's avatar

One more ring (bolgi) of Dante’s Inferno.

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Paul Wittenberger's avatar

For the first time since returning to my hometown in the Midwest 7 years ago, I saw two people sleeping on the sidewalk skirting Main Street.

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Richbee's avatar

Yes. People text on their phones and don’t see them, so they trip and meet the sidewalk.

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Writer Pilgrim by So Elite's avatar

Sharp, short and to the point.

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Richbee's avatar

To the point of no return. Thanks for reading the poem.

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