Pick Me Up! Special – September 2019

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W

alking through the

wintery Ashford

town centre with

my friend in

January, a bitter

chill ran through me.

‘Fancy a McDonald’s?’ my

friend asked.

‘Sure, let’s warm up,’ I nodded.

It was a freezing morning, at

almost -8 degrees.

Nearing the entrance, my eyes

halted on a homeless man.

Leaning against the doorway,

he was ghostly pale and shivering.

Barely able to hold himself up.

‘You OK?’ I asked.

‘Fine,’ he croaked, weakly.

Hesitantly, I turned away and

went inside.

Not long after, the man came in

and lay down at a table near ours.

I tried to listen to my friend, but

my attention drifted to the

homeless man.

‘Sorry, mind if I speak to

him?’ I asked her.

She nodded, and I

approached.

‘Can I sit with you?’ I asked.

He nodded, looking confused.

I asked his name and he told me it

was Darren.

‘How old are you?’ I enquired.

‘48,’ he muttered.

‘Really? You look about 78,’ I

paused, nervous of his reaction.

But he let out a quiet gruff laugh,

to my relief.

I learnt that he’d been homeless

for two years.

‘Tell me three bad things about

you,’ I said.

‘I smoke, drink and I can be

aggressive,’ he replied instantly.

I nodded, taking in his sickly

white skin.

WORDS: HATTIE BISHOP PHOTOS: SWNS The poor man was coughing

I just couldn’t stop

thinking about him

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