Used Tennis Balls

Circle of Charity

I spotted a shelf of used tennis balls
in the Thrift Shop sponsored
by the Hospital Philanthropic Auxiliary

All  of them written off
by a shrewd contributor on his IRS 7201
as "Sports Equipment" $387

Months later the single mom
her credit cards maxed out
sees them, and thinks
Marty will like a few

But he didn't, as he knew
what Mom and the shopkeepers
didn't.

It was junk. And Marty was
even more angry, and hurt
and felt worse than ever.
Somewhere,
the shrewd contributor
smiled over his tax refund.