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He hides back there in alley, trying to stay out view

Wearing a coat rescued from a dumpster and a lost shoe

In his pocket is sign written on cardboard-a request for aid

He has a shopping cart filled coke cans and things to trade

Once upon a time he wore a three piece suit and tie

There was plenty money in the bank - an important guy

But before he knew it, all was lost during some troubled times

His job, his wife, his children and those dollars reduced to dimes

His faith crumpled until there was nothing left of that important man

His fall from grace reduced him to facing us with an outstretched hand

So in the dark alley he cowers, hoping no one sees his utter shame

The man we call panhandler, beggar, because to us he has no name