One of my most horrifying experiences with a homeless eprson was a few years ago in NYC. There was a man sitting on a corner close to one of the 5th Ave designer stores, Prada, Armani, one of them. He had a cardborad sign asking for help and stating taht he had AIDS. What was horrifying is that as my freind and I were passing by it looked to me like the man was dead. He was perfectly still, eyes closed and had a frightening gray-yellow palor to his face.
People passed by, looked the other way, pretended not see so as not to be offended by the presence of what could be a man dead from AIDs within spitting distance of Prada, Armani, Versace...whatever. All the young execs (Trump wannbes), the young socialites (Paris wannabes) and the old money blue bloods (Jackie O wannabes)just breezed past. Maybe they too thought it was a scam or just some lazy good for nothing trying to make an easy buck on a sweltering hot day in August.
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