There’s that one that you’ve seen,
passing by gauzy curtains at night.
By chance, a sidelong glance.
A stooped shadow,
seeming to peer back at passing cars.
His round shoulders, sloped by time.
On clockwork, as ever,
There he is, still.
Each night, as you make your way to wintry home.
In wonderment, you muse:
Does he, perhaps, scratch bundles of five on his wall,
as at Shawshank?
Is there another, moldering in a deadened back room?
Or does he wait
for a knock,
thinking to trade hot tea and a biscuit
for someone who will listen?
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Where did these wintry feelings come from? The poem and the photo made my nose freeze.
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I worked a night shift for about five years, and I remember driving by the same window many snowy nights and seeing a solitary figure looking out from between the drapes. Just some idle thoughts as to what might be in his mind.
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As always, I love it!
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How poignant!
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