Conventional Greetings

Sometimes, while we are tired, we make slightly embarrassing mistakes, and sometimes we imagine elaborate hypothetical situations. This is something of a combination of the two.

I learned once

that the optimal

method for greeting

a total stranger

does not involve

enmeshing them

in a hug and inquiring

how their day has been.

This revelation came

soon after discovering

that facial features

assumed to be distinctive

and useful for identification

are in fact

shared by many people.