Usain Bolt ran exactly 100 metres.
To be there before the others.
Josef Klein ran exactly 100 metres.
To catch a bus.
Usain Bolt won
and is engulfed by cameramen
in Beijing.
Josef Klein missed the bus
and is slumped on a bench by a bus stop
in Clapham.
Usain is recognised by everyone world-wide
and lives in luxury everywhere.
Josef is unrecognised by neighbours
in a block of Council Flats in Clapham.
Usain Bolt is an entertainer.
Josef Klein is a retired refuse collector.
Exactly 100 metres is exactly 100 metres.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Compassion from deep within - thank you!
Thanks, Martin.