If you should see/a man/walking down a crowded street/ talking aloud/ to himself don't run/in the opposite direction but — Ted Joans
If you should see/a man/walking down a crowded street/ talking aloud/ to himself don't run/in the opposite direction but — Ted Joans
If you should see/a man/walking down a crowded street/ talking aloud/ to himself don't run/in the opposite direction but — Ted Joans
If you should see/a man/walking down a crowded street/ talking aloud/ to himself don't run/in the opposite direction but — Ted Joans
If you should see/a man/walking down a crowded street/ talking aloud/ to himself don't run/in the opposite direction but — Ted Joans
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If you should see/a man/walking down a crowded street/ talking aloud/ to himself don't run/in the opposite direction but run toward him/for he is a poet! You have nothing to fear/from a poet but the truth

— Ted Joans
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