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March 2009, vol 5 no 1
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Susan Constable Someone's Daughter A panhandler holds the door open for shoppers. Hopes for money, asks for matches. Empty-handed and bone cold, she covers her overturned shopping cart with sheets and blankets. A policeman gives her a cigarette, lights her candle. Throughout the evening, she refuses offers for shelter, reluctant to leave her belongings behind. a yellow ribbon across the sidewalk winter deepens |