09-09-2005

I eavesdropped on Thalys
From Den Haag to Paris
After we ran to catch the train.
The man in batik
Was talking techniques
Of management while I yawned.
He groaned at our delay.
(I watched him in the mirror.)
"Je pourrais courir,"
He bragged the whole way.
But with the gut he was hiding
I knew why he was riding,
Not running, this September day.