Cookies for George, <br />40 years back from Viet Nam, <br />are the only payment <br />the man will accept <br />to mow your lawn, <br />rake your leaves, <br />shovel your snow. <br /> <br />He sleeps behind <br />his brother's house <br />above the garage. <br />Every two weeks <br />he shaves and bathes. <br />His brother takes him <br />to the Veterans Hospital. <br /> <br />George has cancer again <br />40 years after Agent Orange. <br />But he'll mow your lawn, <br />rake your leaves <br />and shovel your snow <br />for nothing less than <br />cookies for George.<br /><br />Donal Mahoney<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-good-neighbor/
