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Kendall Square Box
A man with a box and sign "$ change ?"
Sat on the sidewalk before a chain store
Knowing modern shelters with showers
his clean cut didn’t faze me,
Only the real drunks look like bums these days
Carrying naught but a debit card I asked
"I have no cash, I could I buy you a sandwich in there?
"No, I wouldn’t want you to waste your money,"
"I have a debit card, I could get you something, a tuna sandwich?"
"I can’t eat out here, anyway someone gave me a ten dollar gift card, I’m all set,"
"You could put the sandwich in your bag, have it later, save your card,"
"No, I wouldn’t want you to waste your money on me,"
Thrice I asked the homeless man,
Thrice I did what ever I can.
"Your mind is set?"
With gasho hands I bid him done,
Told him of charity, I still had some, by saying
"I’ll be coming back through here at five, if you change your mind,"
at five, he wasn’t there
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