The old man.

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I sat at a table, and I read to the  local alcoholic.

 I read to him his friends poems, I watched as he shed tears for his beloved friend. 

As I tried my hardest not to shed my own tears, because watching this man in front of me: a man that has been in my life since I was a young child. 

It broke my heart, because I had never seen him show so much emotions; so much sadness. 

But as I watched as he wiped away his tears and put on a smile, it really showed me how vulnerable and broken inside he was.

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