A St. Francis with the leper moment.

The beggar’s stare grips me for a moment.
He becomes human and frail.
Suddenly, I love him and his bones.
The brokenness of his body pulls me towards him.
I want to buy him a coffee to warm his hands,
shove a twenty in his tin can,
tell him a private pas…
Watching a Beggar Across the Street
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Jenine Bsharah Baines
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Feb 7, 2024
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A St. Francis with the leper moment.
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Written by Jenine Bsharah Baines3K Followers
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J…Jen…Jeni…Jenine... Proper names are poetry in the raw. (W.H. Auden) Poet, singer, seeker, hippie grandmother gleefully revealing herself
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