Through the Hazy Window

by Sonya *cancer* - Not entered

Through the hazy window
I watch the smokers
smokers
      whose cigarettes have long since dwindled away
Man in blue
          blue
             blue
Man in blue
swaying, tottering
hands thrust deep in pockets
shuffles and stares at the ground
                                ground
The stationary blonde with squinty eyes and smiles
        all smiles
                all smiles now
                    (the tears are gone
                                   long gone
                        dwindled away like their cigarettes)
Standing in the cold
        Cold Tuesday March Morning
nervously flirting
                 smiling
                       glancing around
                                 Round
steam cold breath mingles
                  tingles
coatless in the lost winter breeze finding their own warmth
He stares at the ground, she stares at his face
        looks up
        and gone
               blushingly gone

Through the pane glass door comes an old new friend
The girls talk
          and talk
        and she lights another cigarette
        and the man in blue
                       blue
                    shuffles even more nervously
excuses
and dashes
         creeps
              humbles
                    slinks through the same pane glass door
                                            pane glass
                                            pain glass
and the girls talk
              and smoke
and
slowly
        she watches him leave

Reason for writing:

    Despite the fact that its the style I usually write in I'm usually not entirely satisfied with my free verse poems.  They just don't seem good enough, not polished. Of course I usually think my rhyming poems are pretentious and overthought. eh.  But I like this one.  I love the last two lines.  Even this poem was about something I witnessed, not experianced, I can very deeply relate to the last two lines.  I welcome your comments, and if you want I have a couple more poems up at <a href= http://www.angelfire.com/wi/fishinthesky/>http://www.angelfire.com/wi/fishinthesky</a>    

Birth sign: Not entered
Date created: 1998-03-28 21:37:34
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:40:06
Poem ID: 49160

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