Operation 365 Poem: day 148…You?

You?

Don’t you love it when you look
And look, then look some more
You know this person
You’ve seen them before

But you just don’t know where
Or how, or even when
So you can’t help but stare
You know you’ve met them

It’s on the tip of your tongue
Or that same sensation
Like a mental block
Waiting for a realization

It’s even more real
When they start to look at you that way too
You can’t go over and wing it
So what exactly do you do?

You either shift gears
Pretend you’re zoning, and start to ignore
Or you act like this is your stop
And make a mad dash out of the subway door!

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