Vain Refrain


Walking down the street looking straight ahead and with superior 

peripheral vision turning only my eyes to glance every once in a 

while at the reflection on the shop windows. Someone is very close 

behind me but I want to ignore this person hoping that he or she 

will go away but half a block later nothing has changed so I turn 

my head towards the windows and try to get a better look whilst 

navigating the busy sidewalk. I see gray hair which means that 

person is most likely not a stalker and must be really hard up to be 

following me. I can’t take it any more so I stop beside a window 

and slowly turn sideways to see a gray haired stalker who looks 

just like me and even has the same good taste in glasses but I 

feel empathy for him as I notice that he has a somewhat stooped 

posture and his hair is much grayer than mine…

Walking down the street looking straight ahead…



©  David Girard 13/08/18


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