030710 I Could Have Misunderstood Poem by Manonton Dalan

on my way out
i feel a gentle tag on my shirt
i turn around i saw one of the kids
telling me i left my 'sombrero'
i said ' i don't think so'
she insisted so i said 'thank you'
and i handed a couple peso
told her to keep the 'sombrero'

somehow her face stuck in my mind
could it be that i misunderstood
she maybe talking in their lingo
i turn around but she was gone
like fair lady vanish her with wand
i look at my shoe it turns to brown
so i sit to nearest shoeshine stool
they shine it and colored the sole