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 © Jeff Connelly | Year Posted 2019
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