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VIEW FROM A TOWN BENCH

Two elderly woman deep in conversation

The price of fruit and veg top of their agenda

One pulling her shopping basket behind her

As they chatted away , unnoticed by either

A rogue orange , worked it's way loose

Dropped to the ground

A gaunt looking man , in need of a good diner

Saw the orange fall , picked it up , and went affter the woman

Calling out '' lady '' ,'' lady ''

She stopde and looked around

The gaunt man explained , '' you dropped this , love ''

The elderly , was surprised , even shocked

''Why thank you she said '' , '' not many would do that ''

'' Well love I saw from where it came ''

'' So I know where it belonged ''

Smiles exchanged , then got on with their lifes

Ken D Williams

The Dyslexic Wordsmith




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Written on 2013-03-05 at 19:55

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Soup in the Sand
This is absolutely superb!
2013-04-12


Soup in the Sand
This is absolutely superb!
2013-04-12


josephus The PoetBay support member heart!
I like that open ended parable, Ken. Well written and you have left us with our own responsibility to reward the man.

Joe
2013-03-06


countryfog
This reminds me of a story here recently, a woman who put a few coins in a homeless man's cup, not realizing that her engagement ring had slipped off her finger in the process. When she realized it and retraced her steps of that day the homeless man approached her and returned the ring. She was so appreciative of his honesty that she set up a website to tell the story and to solicit help for him - $175,000 has been collected . . . but what has changed his life even more than the money is that after being estranged from his family for twenty years, during which his sister had tried often to find him, they have now been reunited, along with several other relatives. His one act of honesty has not only changed his life but those of others who had continued to care about him, and hunderds who were moved to want to help him. There is so much to despair of in what we see and mostly ignore, in the news that is mostly horrific . . . but much that is good if we look for it.
2013-03-06