Noticed

Noticed

‘’I just want to be noticed!’’
His eyes shift uneasily across her silhouette;
‘’She’ll find out I’m simple.’’
His Index crosses his Middle,
as he shoves them into his pocket.  

His eyes inflame the corners of her lips,
‘’Shifty’s staring again…’’
No need to look up to find out who she meant.
‘’What a waste of space. ‘’
The hierarchy is wrong but set in stone;
the voices that don’t matter at all.

‘’Only so-so.’’

Four years later they’ll meet again,

her eyes will find his amongst the graveyard shift.
Her smile will be charged;
his presence will linger.

‘’Only not so-so.’’

She has her hands in her pocket.
She’s crossing her fingers.

‘’I just want to be noticed!’’