another life

it's interesting
how the conversation
turns, as you
talk about the weather
and the world at
large, casually
shooting the breeze,
when someone
says something like
they believe they
were reincarnated
from a former life,
that they may have
been either an
Egyptian king
or queen. this is when
you stop talking
and stare out
towards the trees
waiting for something
to say that won't
offend your new found
royal majesty.