Waiting on a friend, stuck in a meeting place - Some people watch birds sitting in trees, Other people watch other people existing, I (like many others) prescribe to the latter, All spying with little eyes wide open.
The day's sun bleeds through the grey sky, Numbers taken notes and all minds worked out. Studied and never they let the masks slip, They never admit to it, and they are never hurried; Outside of the florist that smalls of pollen and spring;
An elderly couple goes in, then, a few minutes later, They returns with gardenias underarms, probably For funeral for some acquaintance, family or friend, It is not too hard to guess as much. I look on then at
Pudgy seventeen years olds addicted to coffee Ambling by in bright outfits made for exercise; Collecting dust like bowls of plastic carnations, Otherwise smelling of sweat and cheap aftershave, Just another day, just another flower-shop.