Talk about Strangers

6 pm in egypt.

I tell rob about a ted exercise i saw

On how to talk to strangers

Say hello to everyone you pass.

As if

you just

knew them,

Know them.

Compliment their shirt or hair or energy

Acknowledge their existence

Make for contagious effervescent friendliness

Wear it like a thing

Share it.

Unconditional friendliness…

He smiled, agreed,

We laughed and

He needed some time to himself

I guess. I felt like life is sometimes all a mess…

We’re all just like that alan watts analogy

Prickly goo and gooey prickles.

It’s all just a matter of time

For the cough

Or for the antidote tea.

(Heather Dora, 2017)