Lewis Nhongonhema

Chance encounters.

Theodore sat on a bench in the enclosed bus terminus - earphones in ear - head bopping slightly to the rhythmic thump of the bassline to Eminem’s ‘Lose Yourself’. He was lost in his own world of catchy punchlines and enticing ‘bars’, but not so lost that he didn’t notice the old lady who had recently arrived at the same terminus and was waiting outside in the winter cold hunched over her walking stick.