Thursday, February 12, 2009

Ode to My Single Serving Friend

Thank you, single serving friend, for your polite and witty banter. Your comments were appropriate, your thoughts at times profound. How we shared the pain of sitting the exact furthest distance from the TV screen. Together we suffered through "Journey to the Center of the Earth," where I fell asleep and you caught me up on the end.

You were a good row 27 partner: when I asked about your accent, you explained as best you could. I pray you caught your flight to Paris: I wish you good luck there.

We shook hands at the terminal, then, 2 hours later I sat next to an old German lady who didn't say anything except "allo!" to wake me up for sandwich time.

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