St Francis of Assisi, Knight for Lady Poverty (Tamara Katzenbach)

I’m just a bag lady from Paddington Green
I lives ‘neath the arches, unheard and unseen.
I once craved a palace and got me a box,
I longed for the good life but just took the knocks.

I’m a lonely no-hoper, a blot on the land
A cause without meaning what don’t understand
Why you can’t beg a penny, while luggin’ yer bags
Cos they say you’ll just blow it on booze and on fags! 

Yes, I’m just a Bag Lady from Paddington Green
I live’s ‘neath the arches unheard and unseen.

Excerpt from ‘The SMart Review’, by Maureen Grayson

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