It took only one <br />To restore <br />My faith in man <br /> <br />Here's what it took <br />I was low on printer paper <br />So I went to an office supply store <br /> <br />Just got out of my Jeep <br />When a dirty 20 somehting <br />Asks can help him and his old lady <br /> <br />I don't see an old lady <br />But he unfolds an old cardboard sign <br />That says so <br /> <br />I've got a couple of bucks <br />Of loose change <br />In my pocket <br /> <br />I dig it out <br />Hand it to him <br />He's profusely grateful <br /> <br />Just then a toothless old guy <br />Rolls oujt of the store <br />Asks the youngster for a smoke <br /> <br />As I walk away I hear <br />'Don't have a smoke, <br />but I will share with you <br /> <br />What I just got.' <br />I go in the store <br />As they share my two bucks <br /> <br />By the time I turn to go back <br />To give them more <br />They're gone<br /><br />Tom J. Mariani<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/aug-13-09-for-the-thousands-that-have-destroyed-it/
