SOME FOLKS

 SOME FOLKS

 

Some folks know what it is like

To be called a stutterer in front of the world

To have a speech defect

To be short of the bus fare

To be short for the funds

To be short of proper resources

To live in cramped spaces

To be called challenged

To wait in government hospitals waiting rooms full of sick people

To lose a friend

To be in the hospital unconscious after a drinking spell

To land up at the police station

To have a learning difficulty

To fail in the exams

To wait for years to get an ailment looked at

To be food poisoned

To be operated urgently for a perforation in the intestines

To wait another few years to be operated on the second time for hernia

To be bullied and abused by a group of psychopaths for years

To wait endlessly for help to come

To talk to the pillow to dull the pain

To talk to a recording device

To be in the wilderness and out of employment 

To be out of cash

To be out of favor

To be out of the latest fashion trends

To be out of pals

To be a punching bag and a fall man

To stand alone while facing any storm

To not be able to afford plane fare

To be without transportation

To lose parents

To have no grace and class

To be common

To be looked down upon

To be ganged up upon

To be spitted upon

To be abused unceasingly

To be stalked upon

 

And some folks don’t.