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by Stuart Buck

Monday 5th October 2015 9:14 pm

I was walking

Behind a girl

She was accosted

By a tramp

Who asked her

For some change

The girl stopped

And said to the tramp

To wait there

While she went into the shop

I stood back

Sensing a poem

Unfolding

Like a flower in the rain

The girl emerged

With a pack of biscuits

And a coffee

And gave them to the tramp

Who promptly threw them

On the ground

And screamed

What the fuck

Am I supposed to do

With that shit?

Have you got

Any money

In that tight little ass?

(which in itself made no sense)

She ran off

Crying

While I walked past the tramp

Picked up the biscuits

And ate half the pack.

I suppose

How much you enjoy

Your life

Corresponds

To how well

You cope with the injustices.

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Stu Buck

Tue 6th Oct 2015 10:53

bloody hell, where to start...

i'll stay out of the debates i think although if a poem can bring about such discussion i suppose thats a good thing!

thanks for all your positive comments.

ledger - i wrote a blog this week about charles bukowski, who i regard to be the master of the 'close'. maybe some of it rubbed off.

i'll post the link below if anyone fancies a gander.

https://medium.com/@Under_the_Fable/find-what-you-love-and-let-it-kill-you-charles-bukowski-2beac3e73c5

<Deleted User> (8659)

Tue 6th Oct 2015 10:02

Well Stu, I have two observations to make: firstly, I am well impressed with how you rounded off this poem with those final six lines. Secondly, I think you dealt with a packet of unwanted biscuits splendidly.

Graham Sherwood

Tue 6th Oct 2015 09:29

Huw, rightly or wrongly these poor homeless people do need help but it should be to help rehabilitate them and not just keep them in the trough in which they find themselves. Tossing money into a cup does little if anything to move them into a better situation.

Saying we do not understand it because we've never experienced it is trite. Many people wish to help and give their time to do so.

Tommy Carroll

Tue 6th Oct 2015 08:19

44 years of dumping tasty snacks only to spend the money on crack. I think his Tory vote is misplaced. Oh by the way I have a friend who's called Barry Goldy

Graham Sherwood

Mon 5th Oct 2015 23:33

Money only prolongs their desperation. Food and drink are far preferable.

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