A piercing
blue eye
as I turn the corner
past Greggs.

 

A reddened cheek,

blurred with cold

from a couple

on a date at Chapters.

 

The most

dazzling smile

from laughing friends

in the post-Tesco embrace.

 

A dimple here

or there

as lunch is snatched

outside the Billy B in pouring rain.

 

Slithers of strangers

pass me by

Snapshots of faces

That I would collage into a beautiful whole

If only I had the time.