The Solicitor On Monday

Call Me A Sucker

But If And When Someone

Approaches Me With...

..Excuse Me Mister

I Give Them My Ear

I Open My Heart

Or Anything Else

To Help Them In Any Way Possible
InTheir Time Of Need

Yesterday A Man Entered 

The Subway Joint I Was Eating At

And Began His Story

Sorry To Bug You
I Know You're Eating
But 

I'm A Vietnam Veteran

I've Been Living In The Bushes

& Haven't Shaved Or Bathed

In A Month

And I Cant Take It Anymore

I Really Need A Haircut Too

Now 

I've Seen Homeless

People Before

In Worst Conditions

And This Cat

He Didn't Look Like

He Crawled From Out Of The Bushes

He Didn't Look  Like Someone

From The Vietnam Era

If Anything The Dude

Looked To Be Around My Age

None The Less

I Reached In To My Wallet

Which Had A Jackson

And A Washington

And Hand Him A Buck

The Rest Was All The Money I Had

Until The Weekend

Today Was Monday

And I Have To Stretch

That Twenty Out Till Friday

He Takes The Dollar

And Says Is That All You Have?

I Reply Thats All I Can Afford

To Help You With

He Puts The Bill Down On The Table

And Says

I Dont Think You Understand

And Goes In To Repeating

His Story To Me

I Say I Understood Perfectly Fine

What You Said

But It's All I Can Afford

To Give You

Right At That Time Some

Younger Athletic Dressed Cat
That Came In

Minutes Before Him 

Comes Up 

And Hands Him A Bag Of Chips

The Dude Takes The Chips 

 Throws Them

And Says Whats A Bag Of Chips Gonna Do For Me

I Need To Take A Shower

I'm A Vietnam Vet

You Piece Of Shit

I Killed Kids

Then Storms Out

I Looked Around To See If Anyone
Just Witnessed This Outburst
But Everyone Went On Like
Business As Usual 

Even Though It Was Quite

Disturbing
I Finished My Soup & Tuna Sandwich
And Hoped He Wasn't
Sitting On My Car
Talkin' Bout
Can I Give Him A Ride Somewhere

Cause Fuck No
Not After The Whole
Potato Chip Tantrum
My Friend
Not
After
The Whole
Potato Chip
Thing