The word from the street
PHILIP
“How’s things?”
TONY
“Someone asked me what I would do if I could change my life yesterday.”
PHILIP
“What did you say?”
TONY
“I thought you would ask me that. Anyway, I told them I needed time to think about it. When it’s one of those big questions like that, you got to give it some time.”
PHILIP
“Sounds like a wise approach to me.”
PHILIP
“Tony, is there anything good about being homeless?”
TONY
“That’s like asking if there’s anything good about having cancer.”
PHILIP
“Sorry.”
TONY
“Don’t worry; it was a good question, if you know what I mean.”
TONY
“Now isn’t she the sweetest girl you ever met? And also she gives me change most times she comes by, but she also gives me that smile hers too. Boy I’m telling you, if I was 20 years younger, you bet I would take her home, no question. You can’t do better.”
TONY
“If you don’t ask, you don’t get. So I ask.”
Homeless Man Speaks 