Something I Saw On A Pedestrian Footbridge In 2006 Poem by Raj Dronamraju

Two girls and a guy, his back to the railing on a pedestrian footbridge
The first girl 's arms locked around his waist
The second girl slightly removed looking over the side of a pedestrian footbridge
Holding all three of their umbrellas

From a freeway vantage point, I could only guess they were together by proximity
But the life of the second girl seemed to be walking in a separate direction towards the other side of a pedestrian footbridge

The first girl chews gum, blows a bubble, sucks it back into her mouth, hugs the guy harder
The guy is unmoving but does seem to direct a comment towards the second girl
She does not visibly react to whatever he has said and stares harder off the side of a pedestrian footbridge