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Unwashed strands of precious sterling
Fell from the brim of a tattered hat
Shoulders bent from the weight of years
Show under the folds of a dingy mack
Murmurings of the well to do daughter
Who gave up trying and now disowns
This woman of the street
This human without a home
I saw her eyes for a moment
And all i could think as I had
How beautiful she once must have been
And now, alone
How sad
We will never know how close we are
As we turn and avert our eyes
One voice away from madness
One step away from endless cries
Pretend they are less than we
How disgusting, how stupid, how insane
But behind each tattered mack
And unwashed hands and hair
Lie the untold tales of pain

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