Asleep

People walked past the bench. Some turned to look at the blankets and sleeping bag. It appeared as if someone had left a worn and dirty sleeping bag and blanket in disarray. Items to be thrown away.

But if you looked carefully you could see brown straggly hair. His head was buried deep into the sleeping bag--age undetermined. I say man, but it might have been a woman.

No police woke him up and told him to move along. Not too far away The Charles Hotel charges several hundred dollars for a room.