THE OLD MAN

        At the bus stop

        I saw an old man

        he fell on his back.

        Nobody moved

        just looked

        then turned away.

        My knee clicked

        as I tried to dash

        cementing me in place.

        Laying at his side

        his cane and his

        week of snacks.

        I wanted to cry,

        He must have been eighty.

        TeAnne © 15. March. 1999

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