Five Seconds Into An Encounter
You have such
a sad and tired, old face sir ..
She said,
as she tried desperately
but failed
miserably, to catch
the strawberry ice cream
with her tongue
before it hit the kerb and
an almost silent
but not surprisingly sweet
sticky splat ..
Is that so, he replied slow
with his most
sincerest of well-practiced
false smiles ..
Although it was completely
wasted on
the seemingly precocious
five year old ..