Saturday, May 31, 2008

Laureate in Rags

I think I may be the jerk sometimes. The evidence is piling up.

Recently in Bucktown I was scared and grossed out by a homeless man that approached me... until he offered me a sheet of his poetry for one dollar. So I bought it... then I read it... and it was beautiful. Shame on me.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

There is a tragic beauty to homeless poetry, Sarah. Who among us has never dabbled in Derelect? Personally, I write haikus....

Wandering 'spirit'
The streets are my curse and muse
Do I smell like Pee?

You all owe me $1. Or how about you just let me finish the rest of your Egg McMuffin?

Library Mary said...

How about sharing his poem.