HOME LESS FRIENDS?

On my way home me alter came to me and asked,why do you befriend home less wimmin and call them your friends? I pondered the question and came up with this answer. It doesn't matter if they are home less or not they are my friends, and even if they were not home-less they would still be my friends. Me alter said but you don't have any friends who are not home-less do you? Of course i have i answered. There is S......, and M........., and A...., just to name a few. Me alter said but you never visit those friends and certainly not at the same rate you visit your home-less ones. She continued i think its because you feel as though you have done something spectacular when you visit the ones under the I95 expressway, you feel as though you have done something noble and compassionate by taking food and conversation to them. Did you ever think what these wimmin leave with you? What you gain from them? What they give and bring to you. Do you ever think what a home less womon does for you? Me alter continued with questions? How many times have you taken food to home wimmin? Why always the home less ones? She went on like this until i got off the bus at my apartment in an unsafe part of town, which i will be moving from in the next few days. I thought about what she said and put it in part of my mind, i really don't want to think about that just now, i just want to go home and sleep and dream.