To notice

Noticed your dead body as it washed up with the tide. But I didn't tell you. Thought you wouldn't want to know.

Noticed you on the bus and I turned my head. Maybe we both wanted to pretend. Make believe that I didn't see.

Noticed the face peering at me through a screen of blue. I wondered if I was a photograph. You were staring at me.

Noticed the order in which gum and food and bathroom went. I was worried because I know the signs. Didn't say a word.

Noticed the sigh in your eyes when you saw her here. The worry and disappointment seeps from your face. I'm sorry, I love.

Noticed the repetition of words and then the break in the pattern. I didn't raise my hand. Kept the discovery in my head.

Noticed you got up to leave but I didn't rise to say goodbye. I knew I would be leaving soon too. An unnecessary goodbye.

Noticed you sitting on the curbside, cardboard sign in hand. My eyes sought yours in a mental embrace. A silent greeting.

Noticed the way you noticed the writing on the wrist. I smiled faintly. Only caught your eye when you were finished looking.

Noticed the notice on a telephone pole. Maybe you're just lonely. I could be a friend.

Noticed your leave of notice in the corner of your eye. Couldn't turn around. Mine was taped to my back.

I notice that I never have the words to say "I noticed." Keeping what I see a secret. My concealed noticing.

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