19.01.18 - 7:18 p.m.

at chinese, alone;
a woman sits at the other table
adjacent a man. they are old and he
glances up at every pair of head
lights but never meets her gaze. they
are silent, even when she holds her napkin
to her mouth to say mutely “she’s alone,”
nodding my way. he turns to look at me then
fixes his eyes back on his plate.