Right Of Way: Super Short Story #364
Bending over, peering at his phone,
while walking slowly in the crowd,
he thought he had right of way,
that the crowd will surely keep away.
Bending over, peering at her phone,
while walking slowly in the crowd,
she thought she had right of way,
that the crowd will surely keep away.
And indeed, most of the crowd,
who noticed their behaviour kept out of their way,
while they who did not notice anyone
did not keep out of each other’s way.