like a tottering tourist
she could have
read the signs

like a tottering tourist
naively navigating
she could have
phoned a friend

like a tottering tourist
naively navigating
busy burring bitumen
she could have
waited at the lights

like a tottering tourist
naively navigating
busy burring bitumen
digesting delicious dinner
she could have said 'enough'

alas

she crossed the road