The Chronicles of Simon the Lover
Chapter One: A Man Peculiar
Every small town has a man who is shunned
A man who is peculiar in one way or another
Usually seen walking here or there
Sometimes stopping at the cafe for coffee
Sitting in the safety of the back corner booth
Always alone
A man who is never afforded
The congenial small talk
And courteous nods
Offered to one another
By the regular citizens
Simon was such a man
He had suffered a bout of polio as a child
Scarcely surviving the episode
Being left a bit hunched over
With his spine and one leg permanently crooked
In nineteen fifty-six
Simon was a man in his late twenties
He was always disheveled in appearance
Often seen shuffling down the sidewalk
While catching the disapproving glances
Of the regular townsfolk
Like an unwelcome leper with
Worn clothes
Unkempt hair
And a lonely soul
His parents having both passed on
He lived with an aunt on his father’s side
Who was kind enough to give him room and board
Though he could pay no regular rent
As he was only able to find odd and infrequent jobs
Because who wants a cripple for their hired man
(Strange how a town with so many churches
can be so wanting in the area of practical
Christianity)
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