Homeless phony vet arrested

He at least now will have 3 hots and a cot, for a while.

I wrote this poem for a homeless vets. I read it to vets living in a VA Domiciliary, at Christmas 2012. They appreciated it very much. I was trying to give them hope.

Homeless Vet
Where has all the time gone,where the hell did it go
I was once looked up too, I was a war hero
Now I sleep wherever I can, with whatever I can find
My face is so old and wrinkled, life has not been kind

A half century ago, I served when I was called to go
I was a combat soldier, proud and brave, ready for the show.
My time in Vietnam prepared me for the rest of my life
But, drugs and booze were my strength, which led to my strife

Now I beg for cigarettes, I rest wherever I can
I am the people I hate, I am the one they can't stand
The life I knew before drugs, and being a boozer
Has almost, but not quite, made me a loser.

Then one day it happened, I had not thought of Him in years,
I fell to my knees in prayer and shed a half century of tears.
God told me to rise up, go forth, and again become a man,
Now today, I show others like me, what God will do and can.

© Keith Bodine 06/21/2007

We have them daily in our area. They are the same folks , working the same 4 intersections. You can watch them unload from a Dodge van or Chevy HHR & man the intersections. When the County Police come by and run the off enough, they catch a bus and move one. Next day, same thing. I only give if it lays on me to give. I usually weqr a 1st Cav ball cap & when they look @ me they usually walk on down the line of cars waiting at the light.