A beggar I once met
at the port of La Goulette,
a begger I once met
said “good morning” to me
though for alms he asked not.
Back I greeted him while wondering:
“Then what's a beggar who begs not?”
(c) Lazhar Bouazzi, Carthage, April 24, 2016
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Apr 25, 2016
Apr 25, 2016 at 12:12 PM UTC
A beggar I once met
at the port of La Goulette,
a begger I once met
said “good morning” to me
though for alms he asked not.
Back I greeted him while wondering:
“Then what's a beggar who begs not?”
(c) Lazhar Bouazzi, Carthage, April 24, 2016
.
*La Goulette is a seaport village in the northern suburbs of Tunis where different communities (Muslims, Christians, Jews, and secular (non-religious) people lived together in peace.
