Sunday, May 17, 2009

Get a Grip

(After Thomas Hardy’s At The Draper’s)

I saw you in the electrical store.
You were about to buy something
to give you pleasure,
slightly annoyed
that the assisstant
did not know how it worked.

I would have come over to say hello
but it might have embarrassed you
to be seen being indulgent and assertive.
It might have breached
your moment
of anonimity,
so I remained unseen;

and now I feel that I may have violated
your privacy with my knowledge.
I have seen you since;
too embarrassed
to approach.
We have spoken but you
did not mention
your purchase.

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