I spoke with an old lover today.
Topics of conversation were:
Portuguese custard tarts,
crime in the big city,
a stranger bought him lunch in Kensington Market.
He spent quite a bit of time enumerating
the horrendous gun and knife attacks recently.
He bemoaned the fact that young people are evil
and out of control.
He said he's afraid to go out after dark.
He wanted me to send a link to a guy
who wants to lose weight with whey.
A link that he'd already sent to me.
He said that link doesn't work for him.
He said he didn't know how to send a link.
However, he'd sent it to me.
I said I'd send it directly to the guy.
He said not to do that because the guy works there.
I said the guy had sent me email from there.
He carefully reiterated that the guy works there.
I have a saddening feeling that his mind is
wandering away
now.
He's very old.
Then, when I said that I had to go,
he wanted to talk about Jesus.
I didn't want to talk about Jesus.
He said he'd pray for me.
I wonder whether I'll ever hear from him again.
©Ellen Pepper 2025
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