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.
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