For Sam And Leo Poem by Zane Gilley

Did you ever
take the time to

STOP

and watch people?

An obscure man
with wet feet
squinting
through a Polaroid.

A boy
with outstretched arm
watching as a flock of doves
fly away.

An old woman
angrily shaking
the dry crust
off her lap.

Another boy
with an irritated air
yanking on
the threads of Fate.

A woman
affixing her pump
and straightening her skirt
by the rose bush.

A girl
rubs her elbow
with a muted rainbow
chasing itself around her.

An old man
motionless on a park bench
with the book
straddling his feet.

A man
hanging
limply
onto a tree.

A woman twisting
away
to reach
forbidden fruit.