A HOMELESS GUY

A homeless shivering guy
Bob Lester,
the theater and film star
a once a former student
of mine reaches out to me
Les was out of the country
in Canada
once jailed for growing pot
and with a walking stick
robbed in
a skin head mob attack,
soon on this very spot
of the up and coming trial
walking along the beach
wanting to sail in a kayak
anchored on the waves
I now realize was mine
here at Cape Cod
at this romantic spot
on a lover's lane
upon this last day
of the year
having a tiff with Jane
a former girl friend at a bar
leaving his fish and chips
on the passing plate
in the dining room
having a selfish wish
with a fortune cookie
says does not want to behave
until he is feels
completely free,
wanting a stiff drink,
begins to think
of his once amazing career
in acting
and literature is over,
delivers to me
his best limerick
with a smile
knowing I'm also a poet
while holding onto
a three leaf clover
to deposit
in my new Christmas vest.