Smack Thompson - Support Our Troops

Crotchety old insane homeboy
with the scraggly ass beard
got holes in his socks, shoes, and his heart
and that ain't no metaphor -
guy is deteriorating.one piece at a time

Got his life in a shopping cart
but you know they don't even let
him into shops/
even if
he's got some cash from
telling people god bless as they had him
change
If they got any because man - this debit card plastic economy
hurt our street economy pretty bad

Funny thing about this guy is 'he's got no faith left'
so each time he tells you
god bless
he's left wondering
exactly what
he means
he's gotten a bad wrap
and you tell him get a job?
you ever stand on concrete for hours getting a
quarter
3 dimes
a dollar bill
and rude sneers all day?
job? man finding a place to go to the bathroom
with out some cop wanting to book you that's a job
you never probably thought about

Best of all the man is a veteran
came back all shell shocked with no support
so all your little
car magnets saying you support this guy who don't even own a
car show you for the hypocrite you are!
I was in the army too desert storm man
so what now? look the other way fool.

Each time I see him he looks that much worse so
He's one of the few guys I got no problem with sharing a bottle
even if he never
has anything to
kick down in return

man I hope that's not my future.

Smack Thompson

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