|
|
Dragonfly on my shoulder
There was a dragonfly darting about in the train as I made my way back from work tonight. It rested on a guy's leg for a while then crashed about into windows and then landed on my shoulder. People in Tokyo rarely bat an eyelid at anything that happens on the trains. In the morning someone dropped their hankerchief as they got off the train and everyone stared at it lying their on the floor, but no-one said a thing. Then, true to form, no-one seemed to care that a dragonfly was perched upon my shoulder. Apart from me, that is. They're huge and they're not meant for shoudlers. They're meant to be free, darting around in the sky and perching on flowers. Anyway, true to form, the Japanese didn't bat an eyelid, but a Korean guy smiled and as our eyes met, we shared a laugh. I kinda wanted to save everyone from the dragonfly, but when it was on me, in a reflex, I just flicked it into a girl's face! He he, you have it! But it flew away to not-bother some other commuters...
3 more days left. I got some cards from the kids today, but I don't think they knew what/who they were for. At one point, a girl thought it was for her and started to walk away with it. It isthe thought that counts, eh?
posted by PA on Monday, September 06, 2004
|
|
