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Down in the Dirt magazine (v081)
(the April 2010 Issue)




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The Deeper Stain

Jim Carson

Bag of bones and ragged gap toothed smile
My sidewalk ambush
Brother can you spare some coin for a child of God
Who is down on his luck?
Revulsion battles the shame of not caring more
I purchase some temporary personal salvation
For a few bits of pocket change
Before I can recoil sandpapery gnarled fingers
Claw my hand to offer blessing
Later I frantically try to wash away the grime
And the memory
The flesh is cleansed
But the deeper stain remains



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