The Shortest Road To Our Downtown Poem by MOHAMMAD SKATI

All roads and streets are busy, overcrowded, and Jammed anytime, anywhere, and everywhere Simply because a lot of vendors, booths, and A lot of people occupy the sidewalks and even All side streets anywhere and everywhere... People occupied all sidewalks just to be over there Selling all kinds of things and different stuffs... No one cares about those passer-byes anytime... I call the vendors' existence as occupation Simply because those people occupy all spaces over there Without authorization from any local authority... Occupying sidewalks prevents people from walking safely Into other streets because it's difficult to walk freely... Those vendors have settled in these places as if they Owned them a long, long time ago, but without any documents... This situation caused a lot of harassment to all stores' Owners to that extent that prevented them from even entering Their stores as they are supposed to be anytime and anywhere... Removal of those people is difficult, but it's not impossible But it needs patience, tolerance, and time because things Do not happen in moments or in a few seconds anytime and anywhere... There must be clear roads to allow ambulances to take the shortest roads towards hospitals, so they can save a patient's life anytime... ______________________________________________________________________