Caviar and cigarettes..

Sep 06, 2005 22:07

I wish I were well versed in etiquette.
Oh well.

I wonder what it is that draws one person to another person.
What qualities do people find intriguing?
I wonder what people's initial thought of someone is..
And why..?

I was sitting on the bus.. and when it reached the Tohono two men got on.
They sat across from me and we exchanged a "hello" one was holding a flower. There was a man to my left. He had pure blue eyes. And he sat there pulling snarls out of his blonde hair while he asked me about my braces. I tried explaining to him that it's a retainer and that just confused him more.

The guys across from me were glancing our way and one actually gets into our conversation. He looks directly at me and says, "Here is a beautiful flower for a beautiful lady." I take the flower and thank the man. Meanwhile the man to my left is talking about wanting to leave Tucson and go to Globe.

The man that gave me the flower, again, jumped into our conversation. Telling how you could walk the entire span of hte city in 15 minutes. He didn't stay long. His stop came up. Before he got off he ask me what my name was because I was incredibly beautiful. His name was Seth; or so he said.

The other man asked me if I thought he could make it to Globe by walking. I asked him why he wanted to go there. He told me that he didn't like big cities because everywhere he went people would laugh at him and make fun of him. He asked me why people did that. I couldn't answer him.

It was like I was trying to explain to my little sister that she was beautiful no matter what. At a time in her life when fourth graders would make fun of her for her weight. The same feeling inside of me then was present at this time. I didn't know how to answer the man. I couldn't think of any way to ease his troubled mind. It was like talking to a little kid.

The remaining man of the two that had gotten on at the Tohono tried to help me out. He said it was because of ingnorance. The man didn't understand what ignorance was.

I felt bad when I had to leave him. Purest blue eyes I had ever seen.
He brightened my morning and I can't help but wonder where him and his little cart are right now. And if he's okay.

huh. Makes you think.
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