Aluminum Money

The man in town walks everywhere
pushing a cart of empty cans,
Tired eyes set in a blank stare

His lungs hurt with the winter air
and frost stings his face and bare hands.
The man in town walks everywhere.

He was found one day lying there
in a ditch unable to stand.
Tired eyes set in a blank stare.

His heart pushed more than it could bear.
The body didn't understand
the man in town walks everywhere.

He was alone, given no prayer
as doctors examined the scans,
Tired eyes set in a blank stare.

I wonder how he paid the bills
and who took the cart of five-cent cans
the man in town walks everywhere
Tired eyes set in a blank stare.