[New-Poetry] Poetic Justice

[Anny Ballardini]

:-)
it seems all too logical to me,
take care, Anny

On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 12:52 PM, Linda Sue Grimes
<suelin6787 at charter.net>wrote:

>  Yesterday on my way to lunch at Doe's,  I passed one of the homeless guys
> in that area, with a sign that read "Vote Obama, I need the money."
>
>
>
> Once inside Doe's my waiter had on a "Obama 08" tee shirt.
>
> When the bill came, I decided not to tip the waiter and explained to him
> while he had given me exceptional service, that his tee shirt made me feel
> he obviously believes in Senator Obama's plan to redistribute the wealth.
>  I told him I was going to redistribute his tip to someone that I deemed
> more in need--the homeless guy outside.
>
> He stood there in disbelief and angrily stormed away.
>
> I went outside, gave the homeless guy $3 and told him to thank the waiter
> inside, as I had decided he could use the money more. The homeless guy
> looked at me in disbelief but seemed grateful.
>
> As I got in my truck, I realized this rather unscientific redistribution
> experiment had left the homeless guy quite happy for the money he did not
> earn, but the waiter was pretty angry that I gave away the money he did
> earn.
>
> Well, I guess this redistribution of wealth is going to take a while to
> catch on with those doing the work....
>
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