Neville

Five Seconds Into An Encounter

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 ..