# Poverty
Everyone thought he was dirt poor
**This article is based on nonfiction by actual events that were witnessed firsthand by me; used with permission. Living in a small town you quickly get to know everyone around you, including the people who live on the street. One such man we’ll call Sam was quite elderly and wore the same pair of overalls every day. If you got too close you might wonder if that was all he owned and you might wish you hadn’t been downwind of him.
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