I am sitting on the bus
and the man next to me is wearing
one white work glove
and one black snow glove
He looks too closely at his watch
His wrist inches away
from his face
I study his bearded silhouette
Watch as he hovers his hand
above the yellow “pull to stop” cord
His grizzled ****** hair
is sprawled out in all directions
His purple backpack
and camouflage winter jacket
clash with each other
But if you couldn’t tell
by the mismatched gloves,
this man is blind.
I wonder if his socks match.
I wonder if he wonders if his socks match.