HOMELESS -
Gave the laundry money to a man on the street today.
It's cold. Vicious, windy cold.
His darkened shadow etched itself in a corner of my mind as I hurried home.

WALK -
Past the preacher woman on the corner who is trying to save my soul.

PUSH -
Open the door and close it quietly behind me.
I heat a mug of hot cocoa
and sink down into the smooth sound of Charles Fambrough.