I was waiting for the bus today when I noticed a lonnie and two quarters lying on the pavement.

I was going to pocket the change but then all of a sudden, I had second thoughts.

The way the coins were arranged and the fact that they amounted to exactly $2.50 made me suspect that their presence wasn't entirely by happenstance.

Someone had left them there on purpose.

All of a sudden, I looked up and saw a man walk by. His dishevelled hair, soiled clothing and a gait that is so common amongst the down-and-out made me want to rush up to him and press the coins into his hand.

But I didn't.

Instead, I silently watched him walk away until he was out of sight.

The bus came at its appointed time and I got on. 

As I watched the scenery go by, I silently hoped that the man would come across the coins and claim them for himself.

I wonder if I would have done the same had the money been the kind that folds...

...probably not.