Christina K

The Smile

Today I got a smile

from the old man down the street.

His eyes were filled with kindness

as his heart opened to me.

I could see his good intentions

in his face as I stared

and it didn\'t make me happy

\'cause I didn\'t really care.

My day had been okay, I guess

I didn\'t have much to tell,

but I passed him in a manner

that said \"Hey, go to hell\".

And I didn\'t feel bad

upon my first reflection,

but after the fourth, fifth, sixth time

I thought it over, I regret it.

So I made sure I went back

to his small house down the street,

and I flashed him a smile

with my unforgiving teeth.

And he did exactly what

any cute old man would do,

he showed me his favorite finger

and said, \"Hey, fuck you too\".