Caught between
two old friends
and two young lovers,
her arched face drinks up
a gossip of friendly banter.
The guard on campus
eats a cinnamon roll.
Behind the rain-splattered glass
of his station,
he dines with pigeons as company.
In a trio of women,
one strained face
making polite conversation
over vegan luncheon.
Abandoning his bike halfway,
the boy walks across a bridge,
hands in his pockets.
RED GLADIOLA 