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Tuesday, 21 October 2014

Troublesome Inclinations

Twice today, 
I have witnessed
the slope of a pavement
catch out a mother with
a child in a pushchair:

two smart women
checking messages
on their smart phones
as strollers roll
quietly away toward traffic.

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The first 
by a bus-stop
brought to the tense present 
by the shoulder-prodding
finger
of a fellow queuer 
who was aware
of the lack
of awareness.




The second, 
on Upper Albert Road,
with a freshly collected 
school-aged infant in tow,
is immediately
alarmed by the speed
of the escaping
buggy.
She lunges forward
as I pass her
on the opposite path

but she still
has time
to flash me
an embarrassed smile.

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