I used to panhandle… Or busk mostly I guess. I am not musically gifted but I hated asking for money for nothing so I would sing songs or tell poems for spare change.

It was mostly fine, I never made much but made enough that I could buy some food or a bus ticket. People were generally nice, but I’m a woman so YMMV.

Amazing read, and I am indeed shocked that I have seen nothing about it in the news.

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