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A Sidewalk Encounter

by Richard L. Provencher  
3/18/2011 / Poetry

Got a light mister?
tosses
in my direction,
cig dangling from his
bruised lips

Dont smoke, my
response

Quarter for a cup
of coffee then?

Where do you get coffee
for a quarter?
I counter boldly.

He sees the hard stare
I give
me dressed in a nice hat
trousers and jacket,
cold front coming the
TV news said

wife clutching my arm
nervously,
his slept-in clothes
second hand likely.

Still standing here bud
looking at your face.

Thoughts scramble,
nerves crawl up and
down my leg

Dont give no lecture
either, green teeth
& hair awry
breathes at my face.

After long staring
we decide to step back
from the edge,
eager to be on our
separate ways.

Richard L. Provencher
Website: www.wsprog.com/rp/

Richard enjoys writing poems; many of which have been published in Print and Online. He and his wife, Esther are also co-authors of stories and a print novel. They are "born again" Christians and very busy in their church, Abundant Life Victory International, in Bible Hill, Nova Scotia.

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