greenwater
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this man in the street asked for a dime. i was carrying an old broken umbrella which i found in the street and was going to throw away. i said to him 'if you tell me where the garbage can is, i will give you a dime" and he was hurt. he thought i was referring to him being a bum and he should go get in the garbage. really i wanted to throw away the umbrella. we apologized profusely and i was apalled to find out that some penn students had just walked by him and spit on him when he had asked them for a dime. it had never occurred to me that this man looked like a bum. we gave him some money and the rest of our vodka. i told him i would have beaten up those guys. perhaps i would have i was pretty drunk at the time. that man didnt deserve to be spat upon. you know what i mean. and there was no way for me to make him feel better. though i tried. the people here need so much work. i think maybe i should do some of that work. if i can get up off my butt and be something.
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