Meet Ed

This is Ed.  He is an extremely remarkable man.  He is bright and talented, honest and hard working.  He cares deeply.  He will be leaving the shelter soon and he will be missed.  He will be moving clear across the country and anyone that gets to meet him will be lucky.  I can say more but the remainder of this post is his own writing.  You will see that what I say is true and hopefully you will look out for him.

Take a glance, see the mural on America’s wall...of the families homeless on the outskirts of a mall.  Picture Busy streets , congested highways there - a man standing with a beggar’s sign, traffic constantly streams along.  No one will stop because most don’t care.  Goliath office buildings dwarf the city, vendors dress store windows with manne-quins  that show no pity, while on the heat vent just outside a mildew aroma arises from a sleeping guy.  Sympathy, like a stain on the ground in a subway tunnel where he used to lie down. Low tide at the river- a short reprieve for a family of five in a small tent city.  All casualties of a big bank charade like a maze of foreclosures blotting out family days. Elegant dinners for CEO’s politely ignoring the beggar which no body knows, using taxpayer money to chase him away with the help of a cop working ten hour days...Not a picture serene where a wing slightly blows, a sweet smell of lilac or the scent of a rose, it’s no picnic like yours cause they sleep in the parks, in America’s closets, they sleep in the