Beggar Shows Us a Mirror
The vagrant beggar in seeming drunken stupor
Clumsily staggers about hither and thither
No one truly wishes to lessen his pain
Turning backs on him with disdain
Now and then a half hearted benefactor
Presses into his hands unusable note in tatters
We watch from a distance, ebbing flame of conscience
To glowing heart hardening resistance by our egos indifference
15-May-2021
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