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Published Tuesday, December 27, 2005 by seanlmccarthy | E-mail this post

HOMELESS, BUT NOT PHONELESS

I saw a homeless guy tonight talking on a cell phone in the stairwell of the Copley T stop. OK. Perhaps I have jumped to a conclusion. Perhaps this guy merely decided to pop the proverbial squat to rest his legs, and strangers mistook his cup of coffee for a receptacle accepting cash donations. Perhaps he was waiting for the Boston Public Library to reopen. Perhaps not.

So...can a homeless guy have a cell phone? I suppose the answer is yes, but he certainly cannot tell anyone it's his home number. Or can he? Why am I asking such questions, anyhow? I must be delirious. Again.