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“Are you locals?” she inquired.

“You look just like Rhonda’s parents,” she said.

“No, we’re just passers-by,” my wife replied.

Small town, miles from ourwhere.

Maybe she was diminutive, wore glasses,

or had long hair.

While he sported a long beard.

That’s all it takes.

Shows how much folks pay attention

Or, perhaps more accurately,

how little.

A reminder

of our place

in the scheme of things.

21 May, 2016

Tim Konrad