Nostalgia of a Blind Man

people sound more in a hurry and the way home seems longer today. his late wife would have called this a clip between time and reality. shifting his cane, he reaches to gingerly touch the cuff links his wife had left him from her grandfather. he smells her -- Cathryn who sells roses on the town's square where he would often sit feeding pigeons. lavender is her scent -- the same as his wife's. Cathryn says, "hello." they stop for small talk. they go on for a spell, until things get awkward for him. he starts to wring his hands. a cuff link drops to the ground. she says, "goodbye." he says he will stop by for roses sometime. she seems to vanish with the passers-by. he takes the path of slippery stones along the circle's round. there, the path will become sturdy and his tie will be the same.