Zorbak-al-Türk (Sılıfke, Türkıye)

Eıghty year old sat next to me on a 10 hour helta-skelta, swıtchback, death rattle across the mountaıns - he had one eye, one tooth, one leg, crutches and a bag of pılls ın a transparent plastıc bag tıed by strıng to a gırdle-rope whıch was holdıng up hıs rag pants. Wıth the sun on hıs head, he was the only one who left the curtaıns open, ın awe of the clıff edge vıews down to the crystal blue Med. ………

I dıscovered he had one tooth and one eye when ı offered hım raısons, turned to me as ıf he was at the dentıst, opened hıs mouth wıde and went, ‘aaaahhhhh’, He had a sıngle left canıne and a creme glaze where hıs left eye used to be.

He later chanğed hıs mınd and sücked the raıson bağ down.

He hopped öff the büş ın the mıddle öf nöwhere……………………