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On the Edge of Second Avenue by Lelia Thomas

Walk with the beggar on Second Avenue
To the edge of the highway
In tattered clothes and greasy hair
With a cardboard sign of promises.

Stand in wait of Generosity,
While jobs and cars pass him by,
In this endless cycle of tramping
With a secret beneath shirt sleeves.

Most never acknowledge him
As they stop at the light and turn
In the Windy City
With the skyscrapers of indifference.

Amass the cash from strangers,
Smiling and nodding all the while,
In deceit and disguise
With a drug addiction behind the eyes.

Steal away with the vagabond of Second Avenue
Into the darkness of night
In this endless cycle of addiction
With a cardboard sign of promises.

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Written in 2004. Sometimes it’s hard to tell who is living the worst and more evil lifestyle. The man who is an addict and living in the consequences or the people who ignore him entirely.