"Do I know you?"
That's what she asked
a telephone pole.
She stood in front of it staring
like she expected an answer.
I was walking down Congress Street
when I beheld this odd interchange
between animate existence and inanimate.
She then went to a light post
and asked the same question.
"Do I know you?"
She didn't notice that
I had noticed her.
Maybe she was
rehearsing for something.
There was someone she needed to ask,
"Do I know you?"
She was practicing by asking
telephone poles and
light posts
and now a stop sign.
"Do I know you?" she asked the four white letters on a red background.
I stared at her staring at the sign waiting for an answer.
I wanted to stop and ask her for what reason she was rehearsing that line,
"Do I know you?"
But I walked on.
Later that day I saw her at a Starbucks.
I almost wanted to go up to her and ask her "Do I know you?"
but then I decided I didn't want to make fun of her.
I got a latte and waited,
waited to see if whoever she hoped
to ask that question would come in.
She just sat there with a latte.
I got tired of waiting
and left.
Nov 14, 2024
Nov 14, 2024 at 4:29 PM UTC
"Do I know you?"
That's what she asked
a telephone pole.
She stood in front of it staring
like she expected an answer.
I was walking down Congress Street
when I beheld this odd interchange
between animate existence and inanimate.
She then went to a light post
and asked the same question.
"Do I know you?"
She didn't notice that
I had noticed her.
Maybe she was
rehearsing for something.
There was someone she needed to ask,
"Do I know you?"
She was practicing by asking
telephone poles and
light posts
and now a stop sign.
"Do I know you?" she asked the four white letters on a red background.
I stared at her staring at the sign waiting for an answer.
I wanted to stop and ask her for what reason she was rehearsing that line,
"Do I know you?"
But I walked on.
Later that day I saw her at a Starbucks.
I almost wanted to go up to her and ask her "Do I know you?"
but then I decided I didn't want to make fun of her.
I got a latte and waited,
waited to see if whoever she hoped
to ask that question would come in.
She just sat there with a latte.
I got tired of waiting
and left.