Queue Rules

 

You blessed me today;

I doubt you even realised,

Standing in the queue

 

So fresh-faced and young,

‘Hello’ you said, ‘how are you?’

No queue rules for you!

 

My grey-haired self knows

To stand quietly and behave.

‘Yes, fine thanks, and you?’

 

The standard reply.

Of course it isn’t true, but

It’s enough to start.

 

And for three minutes

We connect and so my day

Changes shape.  Thank you.