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That&#8217;s my crime.<br \/>\nOnce I had friends and dreams and plans.<br \/>\nBut that world slipped through my hands.<br \/>\nOn dark streets, disregards the ruling mood.<br \/>\nOne begs for change in hopes of getting food.<br \/>\nEventually the elders turn to drink.<br \/>\nA man can&#8217;t mourn his life if he can&#8217;t think.<br \/>\nI just can&#8217;t get a grip with fingers bent.<br \/>\nI live in shame but that&#8217;s irrelevant.<br \/>\nI eat from trash and pack a cardboard bed.<br \/>\nI fight for life while wishing I were dead.<br \/>\nI&#8217;m a homeless man in a heedless time.<br \/>\nTo treat a soul this way must be a crime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m ice cold and my hands are blue. I feel the wind right through my shoe. I&#8217;ve got no roof or home to shelter me, the human discard of society. 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