A friend and I watched a passerby A friendly man with a grey bow tie He tipped his hat with a feather intact Gave us a wave while the clouds went black No coat in the rain he was washed away Not a bird to sound, no one was around Just my friend and I sitting side by side On a bench there it laid, his grey bow tie Shot up from the bench we were suddenly drenched I took his tie, to yell for him I tried Out our voices drowned from the thunder's sound From us warmth it took, like maple leaves we shook Down a couple yards, a shape like business cards Appeared the old man's face, birth and death date Dry from head to toe, we stood below A clear summer's sky holding a grey bow tie