There was an old woman in the cafe and no one sat next to her
Her clothes were strange and smelled like mildew
Her eyes looked wild and lost
As she arranged 5 cups of water on the little table
we all gave this situation a wide berth
It was bizarre, the thing with the cups and I mean, her clothes
It's just
We didn’t know what to do about it.
But this man reached out totally casual and said something like
hi, how are you today?
She smiled and held out her cell phone.
She asked if he could take her picture
so she could send it to her daughter
He did. Then
looking at the photo together
they both laughed.