Two motorists <br />Stranded on the highway <br />Equal in all respects of dignity and character <br />Are differently disposed. <br /> <br />The first finds several amiable strangers stopping <br />To aid him in his distress. <br />Happy in his fortune, he exclaims, <br />“Thank God all men are born so good.” <br /> <br />The second finds a thousand faceless automobiles <br />Streaming past without a care. <br />Disgusted and perplexed, he shakes his fist at the heavens, and cries, <br />“Damn you world, that men are born so selfish and cruel.” <br /> <br />Meanwhile, people everywhere <br />On every highway <br />Just go on being <br />People. <br /> <br /> <br />(Previously published in Indie Journal, Jan.1999)<br /><br />Laurence Overmire<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/two-motorists/
