The Unlikeliest - A Poem

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She arrives first as she so often does,

so she pulls out a book to pass the time.

Something romantic, probably, or historical.

Her thick black hair in a thick black plait

and her eyes not wavering from the page.

She is so absorbed that she doesn't notice the next arrive.

She arrives quietly, and says hello quietly.

She's arrived early for choir practice,

her little blonde ponytail bouncing as she walks.

Her long stride making everyone struggle

just to keep up.

Then they greet the next.

Thinking deeply, she adjusts her glasses.

Looking up, she smiles and says hi.

She says something that makes the others laugh.

Probably about geography

and how much it sucks.

The fourth follows soon after.

She walks an unusual gait,

she has some leg problem or something.

She is fangirling about her glasses

they are TARDIS blue or something.

That's what she does.

The conversation grows and the fifth arrives.

She looks down at the blue-cased ipad

that seems permanently glued to her hand.

Her bright red hair flicking as she spins around

seemingly unable to walk in a straight line.

She is grinning in a way that can only be described

as slightly eerie.

The are talking and laughing when I arrive.

Today I am the last, the sixth.

Not always though.

I say hey and they say hi.

They fill me in on what I've missed

and I realise that

we are the unlikeliest of people.

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