a picture 1950

A Picture 1950

In sepia light a thin man,
dressed in a generous gray suit,
stands reading titles outside
a bookshop, in a London street.

A woman, in a long black dress,
white blues and flat sensible
shoes, walks up an taps him on
his shoulder.

They briefly kiss walk off
I wondered if they were long
time married or wise English
lovers on their lunch break.