One in a Series

I saw a stranger’s shirt fall off a chair

And onto on the foot

Of the girl who sat next to me

She didn’t like it

She shifted her weight so that it fell

All the way to the floor

Where it lay, uncomplaining

She didn’t say anything

Neither did I

Adam Waks is a junior at the George Washington University majoring in Psychology and English. The only language he can speak fluently is English, but he can ask for a beer and directions to the bathroom in more than five. He hopes one day to be a world famous poet, a world famous lawyer, or a house husband - whichever comes first.