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The Paranoid Woman
November 9, 2009
I watch a paranoid woman
from the corner of my eye
I’ve seen her before
She smells
but I have a cold today, so
the stench doesn’t permeate me
The fumes bounce off my face
as I sit here,
smiling
I don’t mean to be rude
but I’m curious
about people
about other ways of living
So I watch as the paranoid woman
sifts through her plastic, noisy bags,
scrounging
I wonder what her expression is
but I dare not look
because she is not in a zoo
“May I sit here?”
a stranger asks, politely.
The question is not rhetorical
but the paranoid woman treats it as if it were.
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