the many looks from the wonderful winnie

so...I manage to smile all day...
I smile:
at bathroom requests
questions
wrong answers
kids asking to paint, even though I've said 'no' 10 times

I smile at women I don't like
men that talk too much
parents of kids I can't stand...
I smile as hours, minutes...seconds of my day pass

but the few times I'm even remotely near you
the once-in-a-lifetime when you're alone in passing
and a vulture hasn't swooped down to perch on your shoulder...

I'm not smiling.

what a life.

**Winnie