NaPM April 21 2015

[milo]

                                < a poem inspired by a complete stranger >
                               
                                at night
                                (of course)
                                walking behind someone who is a complete stranger
                                (a complete stranger as per the PigPen NaPM 2015-4-21 specification)
                                i feel a certain tension
                                a fear which is expected when
                                someone walks behind you on a dark street
                                (who happens to be a complete stranger too as this
                                 is a universal symmetry required of complete strangers)
                                a fear
                                a certain tension to be relieved
                                "I don't intend to harm you", I say,
                                "there is no need to be afraid."
                               
                                                    - - -

I think if you were creeping around behind me at night and you said this I would scream and run!