Touched

i've ridden
a camel
i've been in
a cross country
taxi station
wagon
and floated
in a felucca
going down
the Nile
all these
while just
in Egypt

so now i find
myself not
in a horse drawn
cart or the mistake
of not taking
a rickshaw 
thus taking 
one man's income
by thinking i won't 
treat him
like an 
animal
but

as
i

sit at a stop
light waiting
for green 
but see 
a man with
a sign that reads
homeless
take anything
god bless
he is to my right
so i lean to unwind
my window by hand
to hand him

what i had
just a muffin 
but at least
something
but he
in disbelief
sees my manual
window opening
motion and 
emotionally
says,
"you're
almost
as bad off

as me"
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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Pigeon Tart Avatar
August 12, 2019 at 7:28 AM
giggles <3
Pigeon Tart Avatar
August 13, 2019 at 6:52 AM
My sense of humour has been my own saviour.
Connelly Avatar
August 12, 2019 at 9:35 AM
Totally true story Maureen. Perhaps he was touched by the great spirit, thus the title; but who's to say who is crazier. I'm glad I got a giggle out of you. Laughter and I go way back. My only childhood friend...ah next poem perhaps.
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