Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Something to PonDer about..
Early one sunny evening somewhere in KL, as the local gliterati wander into exclusive watering holes before appearing at the club or the show, a toothless bag lady, face folded in wringkles, scrounges through a wire garbage can. Finding leftovers from McDonald's, she leans over the can and eats, her sunken lips quivering around a chicken bone. Amid mountains of glass and steel apulence, the sight of this old woman eating fowl out of the garbage wrestles me to a stop.
"u memang nak makan kat sini?" i asked. She nods, sensing a sucker. i stare, astonished. Then, in a gesture of defiance against a system that allows an elderly woman to eat like a dog, in a gesture of pity for a degraded old lady, but mostly in a gesture of desperation, i pull out of my purse, hand her RM10 , and step back.
"u pegi dan makan," i plead. "you tak yah makan kat tong sampah lagi yek". she nods again, smiles toothlessly, and then disappears amid the neon lights.
"u memang nak makan kat sini?" i asked. She nods, sensing a sucker. i stare, astonished. Then, in a gesture of defiance against a system that allows an elderly woman to eat like a dog, in a gesture of pity for a degraded old lady, but mostly in a gesture of desperation, i pull out of my purse, hand her RM10 , and step back.
"u pegi dan makan," i plead. "you tak yah makan kat tong sampah lagi yek". she nods again, smiles toothlessly, and then disappears amid the neon lights.
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