<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=562259" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Lost Change</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">He stood outside <br>the newspaper stand<br>on Michigan & Chicago, <br>the morning winter chill<br>made him put on his gloves. <br>He lit a cigar and said <br>good morning to three<br>Walgreens female workers <br>smoking outside in the cold.<br>“ It’s almost Old Style time, ”<br>he proclaimed and handed <br>a magazine with warm beauty <br>on its cover to a middle age<br>office worker who quickly<br>placed it in a briefcase <br>and continued to walk.<br>“ Ain’t it too early for beer, ”<br>said the redhead between inhales.<br>“ It’s never to early for Old Style…”<br>The ladies laughed, <br>died out their cigarettes <br>and went back to work.<br>He kept smoking his cigar <br>as he sold another newspaper<br>to a passerby who gave him<br>exact coins and told him <br>to keep the change.<br>He looked down <br>at the two quarters<br>in the palm of his glove<br>and took a long drag<br>pulled the cheap cigar<br>from his ample mouth <br>exhaled and yelled, <br>“and you too have a wonderful day…”<br>His shift was coming to an end<br>while most were just starting.<br>He knew that soon he would<br>be home drinking an Old Style, <br>thinking about the redhead<br>while counting lost change <br>he did manage to keep.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Charles+Lara">Charles Lara</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=562259" data-title="Lost Change de Charles Lara" data-description="He stood outside the newspaper stand on Michigan & Chicago, the morning winter chill made him put on his gloves. He lit a cigar and said good morning to three Walgreens female workers smoking outside in the cold. “ It’s almost Old Style t..."></div> </div> </div>

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