I Am A Beggar Always by E. E. Cummings
i am a beggar always who begs in your mind
(slightly smiling, patient, unspeaking with a sign on his chest BLIND)yes i
am this person of whom somehow you are never wholly rid(and who
does not ask for more than just enough dreams to live on) after all, kid
you might as well toss him a few thoughts
a little love preferably, anything which you can't pass off on other people: for instance a plugged promise-
the he will maybe (hearing something fall into his hat)go wandering after it with fingers;till having
found what was thrown away himself taptaptaps out of your brain, hopes, life to(carefully turning a corner)never bother you any more
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