what would he like to hear NOW
& I'm not SURE
I talked to a GUY today
with a sign that said HOMELESS
we had a DISCUSSION
about the weather
& sleeping
in a stairwell
as I walked away from him
I didn't WANT to say
GOOD LUCK
& I wasn't sure WHAT to say
WHAT came out of my mouth was
GOD BLESS
which I don't believe I've EVER said to ANYONE
BUT I used it as an IMPERATIVE
OR DIRECTIVE
OR possibly even a SUPPLICATION
GOD
BLESS
I use whatever power of persuasion
I may have with GOD
HAY GOD this guy right here
PLEASE make his blankets sufficient
please hold him in the palm of your hand
I call down the power of blessing
do I HAVE that power
I don't know
I was on my way to the PIZZA place
I LOOKED in the WINDOW
& wasn't really FEELING it
started to WALK away
one of the guys working there
ran up to the WINDOW
rapped on it
WAVED for me to come in
well OKAY that's working it in a way I get
this WAS now my lunch destination
after all
I had a SALAD with smoked turkey on it
& a mozzarella TOASTED CHEESE sandwich
THEN I was walking back
& I saw a sweater
with EYES & stuff on it
I took it in to try it on & ended up
SHOPPING
now it has been a LONG time
since I shopped in a STORE where I could
TRY things on
& he had a BUNCH of good stuff
THIS is a thing I USED to do
& I bought TWO kinda EXPENSIVE things
AND
I can't quite make myself
FEEL BAD about it
it's a skirt from an Israeli designer
the SHOPKEEPER brought to me & said
THIS seems like YOU
& I didn't think it WAS
BUT I tried it on
& it WAS
the OTHER is a hand TIE DYED cardigan sweater
in TAUPE & turquoise
I didn't even
end up buying
the sweater from the
SIDEWALK SALE rack
