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Man by the bustop


Look at him! Such a dirty tired man Laying by the bus stop Covered with old rags and a cardboard box. People walk by and laugh, you see them laugh and you laugh as well. Everyone would laugh wouldn’t they? Laugh at how growing up as a young boy he loved school like everybody else He was smart like everybody else, even smarter. Now a handsome young man who was liked in high school Full of joy but then broken because of what happens after school No love no food no money He suffers to make a dime which is not enough for college. Lured in by temptation to make fast cash Gets caught up along the way and ends up in darkness Walking around searching for the light. He stumbles, then falls, and sleeps. Wakes up from what he though was a dream till he looks around him He dies a little as the hot tears burn his face of no hope and lost confidence Look at him! Laying by the bus stop Covered with old rags and a cardboard box You still laughing now?
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