<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=511294" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>A view of the queue...............</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I'm sitting outside a café<br>as my feet are killing me<br>from walking too much, <br>I've heavy bags and it's hot.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I watch a queue for Vue - Cinema, <br>they're showing Avatar.<br>The queue is getting longer<br>and people start to sweat.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A couple of guys down the front<br>start making whooping noises, <br>loudly, like they're apes.<br>I don't get it, at first, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">but then I notice they're behind<br>a black man and they're <br>gesticulating to him. <br>I begin to feel uneasy.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The black man is big and stocky, <br>he ignores the thugs <br>but they won't stop.<br>People in the queue do nothing.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">There's an old couple standing <br>next to the black guy.<br>The old lady starts to fidget, <br>she moves towards her husband.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The queue still does nothing <br>and the black guy stands stock still, <br>like a ship that's sailed into harbor<br>big and grand and masterful.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">His invisible flag is flying high <br>and he stands there proud and firm.<br>The little old lady is still fidgeting<br>and the thugs are making ape noises.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The black man does nothing<br>and the queue does nothing.<br>Me, I watch from the café<br>and I do nothing, I'm scared.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">People passing by start to gawp <br>start to stare and the queue does nothing <br>The little old lady starts to shake, <br>she's looking pale. She fidgets.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I get up from my seat in the café, <br>I will have to walk past the queue, <br>the thugs and the black guy.<br>Instead I walk right up to them.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I go up to the biggest thug, <br>say, &quot;excuse me for interrupting&quot;.<br>Then I pick up my very large bag <br>and swipe his evil face with it.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I didn't know I had it in me, <br>I'm that sort of woman! <br>I'm shaking; He staggers back; <br>__________ and does nothing.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ruth+Walters">Ruth Walters</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=511294" data-title="A view of the queue............... de Ruth Walters" data-description="I'm sitting outside a café as my feet are killing me from walking too much, I've heavy bags and it's hot. I watch a queue for Vue - Cinema, they're showing Avatar. The queue is getting longer and people start to sweat. A couple of guys down t..."></div> </div> </div>

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