the surprise


		for days
		i walk around 
		and think of you
		   more on than off

		i imagine meeting you
		by chance
		somewhere nearby
		   perhaps the card shop
		   or Molly McGee's
		i relish the possibility




		then
		almost literally
		   i run into you in Hastings
		and almost don't recognize you
		   for seeing you
		   with him


		all the way home
		i laugh
		
		and laugh