SarasotaRepub
12-06-2010, 07:23 AM
Oh Brother... (http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9699651) :rolleyes:
lapislzi (1000+ posts) Mon Dec-06-10 06:25 AM
Original message I helped a homeless family yesterdayhttp://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/images/transparent.gif
The details aren't important. But, as I pressed all the cash I had in my wallet into her coat pocket and helped her heft the dozen or so laundry bags into her car, along with the leftovers of last night's dinner that I swore I wouldn't be able to finish, she crossed herself and promised me that god would repay me tenfold.
As she drove away, the tears came. I don't want a god I don't believe in to repay me. I don't need repaying. I'm not flush, but I'm not homeless. I want the god I don't believe in or one of his representatives on earth to fix it. Fix this damn thing. Fix this damn thing so people like Cheryl don't have to go around with a cotton ball soaked in vodka pressed onto a toothache. Fix this damn thing so that people don't have to live in their cars, or pay extortionate sums just to hole up in an illegal apartment. Fix this damn thing so the kid can get a winter coat.
Who's going to fix it? I can only do so much. My heart is breaking.
Oh we know...YOU can only do soooooo much. Christ.
CalifPeggy, please give this Bouncy a Star!!!
:D
lapislzi (1000+ posts) Mon Dec-06-10 06:25 AM
Original message I helped a homeless family yesterdayhttp://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/images/transparent.gif
The details aren't important. But, as I pressed all the cash I had in my wallet into her coat pocket and helped her heft the dozen or so laundry bags into her car, along with the leftovers of last night's dinner that I swore I wouldn't be able to finish, she crossed herself and promised me that god would repay me tenfold.
As she drove away, the tears came. I don't want a god I don't believe in to repay me. I don't need repaying. I'm not flush, but I'm not homeless. I want the god I don't believe in or one of his representatives on earth to fix it. Fix this damn thing. Fix this damn thing so people like Cheryl don't have to go around with a cotton ball soaked in vodka pressed onto a toothache. Fix this damn thing so that people don't have to live in their cars, or pay extortionate sums just to hole up in an illegal apartment. Fix this damn thing so the kid can get a winter coat.
Who's going to fix it? I can only do so much. My heart is breaking.
Oh we know...YOU can only do soooooo much. Christ.
CalifPeggy, please give this Bouncy a Star!!!
:D