Apparently he had a warm soft spot in his heart for black folk

he was a sucker when they touched him up on the street for spare change or a couple

bucks

          “If he could spare it.”

unlike the young white man who earlier  garrulously touched him up for food money

--   Is that your dog

--   Yah  Hes mine  His name . . .

he held up his hand quickly to hush him  he didnt want to hear the dogs name  or his

--   Then dont ask me for money  Eat the dog

to this day he hadnt met or seen a black woman or man panhandling who kept 

company with a dog

he didnt ask

he assumed they either recognised that feeding themselves was hard enough

or they already ate theirs

1733,  John Lennon’s Moanday,  8  12. 14