BRIEF ENCOUNTER 2

It was just after I’d walked past him as he sat against the wall of the subway on my way in to town that he said, ‘You got any spare change?’
‘I thought you’d never ask,’ I said turning to face him.
He looked at me. How bright and shiny his brown eyes were, he must be a junkie.
I gave him some change and he said, ‘You think they going to win tonight?’
‘I don’t know,’ I said. ‘Maybe they will, maybe they won’t.’
He smiled. I continued walking into town thinking as I did, ‘I could’ve made more of a conversation with him.’