My only friend

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Cold, hunger, pain. All that I felt and all I thought. I sat in the chilly afternoon. Cold, hunger, pain. The days had blurred together but it had been a few weeks at least. I sat in the park beneath a tree. I felt the tears well up in my eyes. When I felt a gloved hand upon my shoulder. I look up and see a littler girl. " Mam', I want to give you somthin'." she slid a ten dollar bill into my hand and smiled her cheeks were red from the cold but she gave me a grin and ran off. Getting up I pick up my bag and walked to the neared coffee shop. Once in and settled I drank a large cocoa with extra whipped cream, and dark chocolate sauce. I also ate a big poppy seed muffin and an everything bagel. After eating and finished my cocoa I walked out and was instantly blasted me to the bone with chill. A sudden gust brought a newspaper page slapped into my face. As suddenly as the wind came it stopped, and it was the ads and classifieds. Smack in the middle was an ad for a job. And I owed it all to my only friend.

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