Stockholm early evening.
She was with him
walking the City's streets.
A fight broke out
between two men nearby.
She screamed and hid
behind him.
He took note
and felt a poem
coming on.
The two men
circled each other
shouting out
in foreign tongue.
Benny moved
as the men moved
and she walked behind him
calling out "Stop fighting."
One had a knife
he had produced
from a pocket.
She screamed.
Benny took note
of the knife type
and how the man
held it and passed it
from hand to hand
like a conjuror's trick.
A crowd gathered
and voices called out.
The men circled
each other more.
A police car siren
droned in
and the men
dispersed in the crowd
and out of sight.
The police came
and the crowd spread out
revealing nothing.
Benny had his poem in mind
and she clutched his arm
with a sense of alarm.
Apr 16, 2018
Apr 16, 2018 at 2:56 AM UTC
Stockholm early evening.
She was with him
walking the City's streets.
A fight broke out
between two men nearby.
She screamed and hid
behind him.
He took note
and felt a poem
coming on.
The two men
circled each other
shouting out
in foreign tongue.
Benny moved
as the men moved
and she walked behind him
calling out "Stop fighting."
One had a knife
he had produced
from a pocket.
She screamed.
Benny took note
of the knife type
and how the man
held it and passed it
from hand to hand
like a conjuror's trick.
A crowd gathered
and voices called out.
The men circled
each other more.
A police car siren
droned in
and the men
dispersed in the crowd
and out of sight.
The police came
and the crowd spread out
revealing nothing.
Benny had his poem in mind
and she clutched his arm
with a sense of alarm.
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