What Was I Thinking? "Monday I Wandered"

Because we are alone

I can relate to old things.

Unwanted like China

in a shop window.

I can relate to old things

gathering dust

in a shop window.

We are warmed by the late sun.

Gathering dust,

the old man fails to avoid my eye.

We are warmed by the late sun

though we don't smile.

The old man fails to avoid my eye.

Unwanted like China

though, we don't smile

because we are alone.

This is a "pantoum". The rule is a pattern of line repetitions. Let each line be 1,2,3,4 in the first stanza. The second stanza will begin with line 2 and then a new line (5) is followed by line 4, then another new line (6). Next stanza will begin with line five. The end of the poem uses the first and third line of the poem but it flips, so use the first line last. Send them to me if you like.