Brief Encounter

​Walking my bike through one of the pedestrian malls in Brisbane, I found myself in a cross current to the majority of the swill.

Because I was targeting a specific cafe, my aim was true. There’s was not.

A meandering and oblivious family, one mother and three kids, seemed intent on blocking my path.

They unwittingly zigged when I zagged, and zagged when I zigged.

As a result my front wheel passed close-ish to one of the kids, maybe a metre at the closest.

The mum belatedly noticed my presence and the metre; a sudden look of rage passed over her face.

She controlled it and we all moved on.

What wherewith do you say? A brief reminder that everyone is at the centre of their own universe and that the whole thing is a mirage.