tramp

Dark and cold it is outside,

The poor old tramp hugged up

Nowhere to hide,

His freezing face red and sore

 Looks in envy at the warm apartment store

His hair all matted clothes all torn

 He didn’t want to have any more scorn

 His dad he waits for him at home.

 Mistreated him from the day he was born

He shudders and cries in pain

Don’t want sleep out here again

Why oh why cannot I live like all the rest

Is this god’s way of putting me to the test?

Hope this night will be my last

I have lived to long in this evil past

His eyes are strong but his heart is frail

With broken skin and broken teeth

He got from being in jail

Searching for food just to live

No sense of pride removing dustbin lids

Eating anything, he can

He lost the name of being a man

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