COMMON NEEDS
an older man
standing at a windy corner
shuffling
with each gust
talking to the wind
asking for ticket money
to take the bus somewhere
elsewhere
any other where
thinking of a small family
in a small house
somewhere with no wind
I lent him the ticket fare
and was blessed
next day
there was an elderly man
at same corner
doing a different shuffle
needing ticket fare
for the bus home
to the same town
not too far
but very far
when you think of his need
in the wind
the same wind
making me shuffle my feet
told this story
when I needed ticket fare
to take me home
to my needs
so that I can part with them
and stop shuffling
and tell the wind
I do not need any more
Ahmet
June 26, 2022
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