Jake Aller Poet Couplet

Old Lady In the Neighborhood

There is an old Vietnamese lady
In the neighborhood

Obviously senile
But everyone knows her

And watches over her
To make sure 

She stays out of traffic
And out of trouble

She talks to everyone
But no one seems to understand

What she is babbling 
on about

They smile at her
And she smiles back

And she for some reason
She likes us

And like my 
Vietnamese Coffee lady

I wonder why
Why was there

 this connection
Between us

It dawned on me
Perhaps in a prior life

She knew an American or two
And I remind her of someone

Or perhaps she is found
Of Korean K drama

And Angela reminds her
Of her favorite K Drama star

Or perhaps it is both
Or another reason entirely

But in any event
I look forward

To seeing her smiling face
Every time I walk

Down my ally way
in Old Saigon

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