Meeting People (Ae Freislighe)


Contributed by Caitlin M.S. Buxbaum

Meeting people in public —

pandemic notwithstanding —

should come with a disclaimer:

forget disaster planning,

there’s no manual for this

exodus of social norms.

Tardiness is now forgiven,

occupation’s many forms

reason enough to ignore,

anymore, kismet’s fleeting

interactions, born of time

and idleness — the blind meeting.