Disenchanted
The harbinger of consequence unexpected
that blows cool breeze or fetid air in mind's inner spaces_
Then wafts away to not ever comeback! For so unwanted,
those misleadingly obsequious embraces...
Penned: 02/02/2023
2:26 a.m.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Categories:
misleadingly, fate, relationship,
Form: Rhyme
PANHANDLING IN ALMATY
Used to think I was street smart till a couple of years ago
Touring in Almaty*, strolling the street, looking western, you know.
Young guy comes up to me and shows me a large bill and asks for small change.
Foreign language….who knew? I got out all my coins and offered to exchange:
He took them all politely. He walked slowly to another tourist and then
Politely did exactly the same thing again.
I’d never seen this con, asking for small change - misleadingly simple ruse -
But not in exchange for his large bill : gambling that tourists he would confuse.
I reckoned his income was greater than mine, maybe 50 000 bucks a year.
Panhandling in Almaty makes a profit big and clear.
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*Almaty is the largest city in Kazakhstan. The city was formerly
called Alma Ata, and it used to be the Kazakh capital.
Categories:
misleadingly, adventurecity, me, , western,
Form: Couplet