Saturday, 31 May 2014

faces at an airport



Barcelona
short tables away
In departing lounges
Speaking musical
with language requiring
gesture
She sits

Just 2 minutes
Just time to consume coffee
  Laughter lines
  Pools of warmth
  Smiles that could melt the hardest heart
  A fleck of auburn
  (or a trick of the light)
The briefest time

enough

enough to want
  more
  to know more
  to be a part of a passing life
  a name
  at least
enough to regret
this passing
  elapsed

no announcement
no dramatic conclusion
an empty cup
and a sigh



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