First Impression
Though I don’t know you
when you choose the seat next to me
I smell your flower-soap scent
that reminds me of the good
a hot shower does for me
at the end of a hard day
and
I like you already
6/25/19
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Claudia McGill Writes Poetry, Did You Know That? 
I like this take on the snap judgments we all make about people – even when we don’t intend to and try to avoid doing so. So often we focus on the negative hasty evaluations we make of people but I like that this poem is about finding a pleasant commonality with a stranger.
Yes, we do focus on the irritations so often and the nice moments slip past us. It seems to be the human way. If that could be changed…