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If Only

I sit here on this curb

I see the homeless

With their signs.

"Will work for food"

So smug.  I could do that.

If only...

I had some cardboard.

 

I sit here on this curb

I see the homeless

Sleeping in their cars.

I know I could build a home

If only...

I had a box.

 

So I sit here on this curb,

Watching...

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Homeless

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