Tajmall

O LORD, GRANT ME PATIENCE

If I had time to B-logue then I might mention the man from the place of worship near my house - the man who helped himself to one of my sacred plant pots. Asked what he thought he was doing. He said I wasn't using it; that there was nothing growing in it. How did he know?

Asked what he was going to grow. "Oh, no... it's for the praying. Put the jasmine." Pointed out it wasn't his for the taking. He said: "You are right". I didn't point out I thought there's a certain law he should know of where people who steal get their hands cut off.

Perhaps he would have waved me off like a similar gentleman from another recent encounter on the same patch after I asked he not deposit his plastic bag of violently green drink outside my place. He picked it up, waited till he thought I was out of view and lobbed it again. Followed him into his place of worship with the offending article and put it in the bin, asking why he was incapable of doing so. He thanked me and said “Now you go”.