July 2003

Rudy

Old and unfamiliar faces
You ought to recognize
As should they
Ask their questions
Saunter off
Leaving you to puzzle for a moment

Then making the choice
Putting it out there
Do I know you, mister?
And indeed I do.
We catch up on old times
That we never had.

This unorthodox set of ties
And lack of expectations
Makes everything,
And nothing, a surprise
So we sit and wait and switch gears
As best either of us knows how



(cornerstone)