Friday, February 5, 2016

The Beggar and The Coin

The streetlights converge on him
Lit him in entirety like
Some unshaven god
Drags himself along
The corner of the streets
Raises his dirty palms
To vehicles and passerby
When his leprosied fingers
Curve in a cup and
He stretches his lips in gratitude
That very moment I came to know
The value of a single coin

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