Ryan Jessup
King, North Carolina, USA

Man Selling Newspapers

all morning he paces the street corner wearing faded rags and a ball cap holding and sharing the news of the day smiling and waving to the passersby with a Christ-like contentment and aura not concerned about the dying of his industry or the lack of pay for his duties or the sure changes in the weather or how people respond to his kindness just glad to be alive and out in the world where now we have read about him

breaking through
the noisy intersection
a voice singing old hymns