crazy people

i've been seeing this poor guy ever since i started walking peachtree three years ago---most of the time i walk down his side of the street, unless the lights send me to the other side of the street---it is a very rare day that he is not in that spot---during the winter he would already have his sleeping bag rolled out when i would walk by on my way home---i tried to at least acknowledge his presence a couple of times, but it seemed to scare him, since he's clearly got some issues---not alcohol or drugs but probably schizo or something---i used to see the same poor crazy souls walking highland avenue when i lived over there, some of them for ten or twenty years running----next to child abuse, i think the way our society treats mental illness is our biggest shame