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The Beggar by ALocoVivaVoce: 10:31am On Sep 05, 2015
Down by the culvert beyond our crescent

A man beggar sits with his legs crossed

His arms open wide beneath his chest

His hair like strings of mops linked apart.

I meet his gaze upon my faux organza clutch

And tossed a pound to the salver by his side

He smiled at me to mask a loss

A loss from the grip of his dignity.

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