Yeh, look out for yourself, Max. Poor ol smiles, once so innocent ...
Bill
> On 30 Oct 2013, at 6:22 pm, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> By the Kinder
>
> There's a sus-looking old man
> dawdling past the kindergarten,
> ogling the playing children,
> with a pretty dog on a leash -
> like bait to draw kids to him.
>
> What's he taking from his pocket?
> I thought so - a smart-phone -
> not asking permission -
> about to steal their images
> for who knows what evil purpose?
>
> Don't smile back at him -
> unkempt in his whiskery
> greyness, scuffed shoes
> and shabby jacket.
> I don't even trust his dog.
>
> Dawdling past the kinder -
> hear him talking to himself!
> He's not snapping, though,
> he's texting - jottings to whom? -
> himself - I know - it's me.
>
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