Homeless Man Speaks

This exchange is from sometime before Christmas, though I don’t know which year. The Arthur Rachman painting above reminds me of one of the most unbelievable of Tony’s many unbelievable experiences:

PHILIP
“Is there anything you don’t especially like about Christmas?”

TONY
“Well there’s one thing, when rich people should be helping poor people more like the good Lord told us. There’s something wrong with being a Scrooge, especially when you’re talking about single mothers and their kids. You gotta help if you can, if you know what I mean.”

This entry was posted on November 18, 2011 at 1:45 pm and is filed under homelessness.

Tags: A Christmas Carol, Arthur Rackham, Charles Dickens, children, Christmas, Ebenezer Scrooge, God, help, Jacob Marley, kids, mothers, poor, poverty, rich, Scrooge