Ragged Coat

 By Robert W. Cluney


 In the first gray light of morning

He walks the city streets

He shivers in his ragged coat

As the city wakes from sleep

A man, a bottle cradled in his arm

is sleeping by a door

Ragged Coat slips the bottle away

He's made a crafty score

As the warm wine trickles down his throat

He polishes up his hard luck story

In case a soft touch should come his way


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