DoNotWeAll
Iparkedfrontoftheallwipgoffycar.Ihadjtefrothecarwashandwaswaitgforywifetogetoutofwork.Cogywayfroacrosstheparkglotwaswhatsocietywouldnsiderabu.Frothelooksofhi,hehadnocar,noho,noclothes,andnooherearetiswhenyoufeelgenerobutthereareothertisthatyoujtdon’twanttobebothered.Thiswasoneofthose“don’twanttobebotheredtis”.
“Ihopehedoesn’taskforanyoney,”Ithought.Hedidn’t.Hedsatonthecurbfrontofthebsbuthedidn’tlooklikeheuldhaveenoughooevenridetheb.
Afterafewuteshespoke,“That’saveryprettycar.”hesaid.Hewasraggedbuthehadanairofdignityaroundhi.“Thanks,”Isaid,andntuedwipgoffycar.
HesattherequietlyasIworked.Theexpectedpleasforoneyneverca.Asthesilencebeeenwidenedsothgsidesaid,“Askhiifheneedsanyhelp.”Iwassurethathewouldsay“Yes”butIheldtruetothenervoice.
“Doyouneedanyhelp?”Iasked.
HeansweredthreesiplebutprofoundwordsthatIshallneverfet.Weoftenlookforwisdogreatnandwon.Weexpectitfrothoseofhigherlearngandaoplishnts.
Iexpectednothgbutanoutstretchedgriyhand.Hespokethethreewordsthatshook.
“Don’tweall?”hesaid.
Iwasfeelghighandighty,suessfulandiportant,aboveabuthestreet,untilthosethreewordshitlikeaelve-gaugeshotgun.
“Don’tweall?”
Ineededhelp.Maybenotforbfareorapcetosleep,butIneededhelp.Ireachedywalletandgavehinotonlyenoughforbfare,butenoughtogetawaralandshelterfortheday.
Thosethreelittlewordsstillrgtrue.Noatterhowuchyouhave,noatterhowuchyouhaveaoplished,youneedhelptoo.Noatterhowlittleyouhave,noatterhowloadedyouarewithprobles,evenwithoutoneyorapcetosleep,yougivehelp.Evenifit’sjtaplt,yougivethat.Youneverknowwhenyouayseesoohatappearstohaveitall.Theyarewaitgforyoutogivethewhattheydon’thave.Butwhatyougaisadifferentperspectiveonlife,aglipseatsothgbeautiful,arespitefrodailychaos,thatonlyyouthroughatornnorld.
Maybetheanwasjtaholessstrangerwahestreets.Maybehewasorethanthat.Maybehewassentbyapowerthatisgreatandwise,toistertoasoultoofortablethe.MaybeGodlookeddown,calledanAngel,dressedhilikeabu,andthensaid,“goistertothatangthecar,thatanneedshelp.”
Don’tweall.
我把车停放在商场前擦拭着。我刚刚从洗车厂出来,在这里等妻子下班。