there is a woman in the grocery store who hopes no one notices while she eats a couple grapes

there is a little girl who climbs on her tiptoes to reach a library book she has to have

there is a song on the radio that only comes on after 12(the one she hums to with her eyes closed)

there is a grocery store around the corner that has those little boxes of candy cigarettes in cartoon boxes

and there is that certain perfume I catch whenever I am in a crowded elevator

I don't act surprised when something reminds me of her,
only when something doesn't