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A Beggar
A beggar asked me for a dollar.
I turned him away dispite his hollar.
The pain in his stomach crippled his face.
I thought of him as a disgrace.
A friend asked me for help.
I turned him away dispite his yelp.
The pain in his heart never touched his face.
Everyone thought of me as the disgrace.
I asked a buisnessman for a job.
He turned me away dispite my sob.
"I see you everynight inside my head." he said,
"now it's me turning you away instead."
I prayed to a lost friend for guidence.
He said there was malice inside us.
For if we take more than we need,
We loose all good friends to greed.

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My inspiration comes from the people I see everyday, ignorant to the pain they inflict on others, yet hyperaware of the pain others inflict on them.