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Priority Seating No 2.

May 26, 2020 2:28 am

This poem was written while commuting to University in 2001.  I hope we’ve learned to care for each other more, in these awful COVID-19 times. 

PRIORITY SEATING NO. 2

Young woman sits
   while an old man stands.

She gazes through layers
  of foundation.

Does it screen
  the opposite wall?

Can’t she read the
  “Who are you fooling?”

Fake fur-collared jacket
  and label shoes.

Large black leather bag
  clutched to protect her

- it doesn’t – she’s mean!
The old man has turned

  his neat and clean
  but well-worn back

  and solidly sways,
  not expecting courtesy.

Frances Macaulay Forde © 2001

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3 Responses to “Priority Seating No 2.”

1. You’ve captured the young woman ad her attitude perfectly in this poem.

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   By Liz Gauffreau on May 26, 2020 at 11:02 pm

   1. Thank you, Liz.

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      By Frances Macaulay Forde on May 27, 2020 at 12:43 am

      1. You’re welcome, Frances.

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         By Liz Gauffreau on May 27, 2020 at 1:41 am

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