Shabby Man

A man in shabby clothes
Plays the guitar
On the streets of Oxford.
Was he someone once?
Intelligentsia Derelictus
A good man made bad
A bad man made good
A lost talent
A genius in disguise
A circus escapee
On the run
From everyone?
A hobo?
A joke?
A serious politician
Or just another man?

A man in shabby clothes
Plays Twelve-String
On the streets of Oxford
While beautiful men in suits
Adjust their ties
Dusting off their shabby souls.