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The line for meals forms at five o’clock.
Guests are mostly long-haired, bearded men
wearing dirty winter coats and torn pants.
Women attend with blackened eyes,
some with missing teeth,
each sliding a tray to be filled
with a bowl of soup and a hot meal.
The television is on.
Some guests stay for the evening
reading, talking, and playing cards.
For the most part,
the evening is jovial,
with an occasional argument,
and fights taken outside.
I look on,
wipe tables when people leave,
and take dirty dishes to the kitchen.
Everyone is out by nine o’clock
so that cots may be set up
for those spending the night.
Sleeping is crowded.
Someone comes in late,
starts punching the walls,
fights break out because of snoring,
someone tries to steal a cell phone —
a typical night at the soup kitchen.
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