Out of the Gaits

Watch the people walking –
Check their bodies, not their faces.
You can tell a lot as they
Perambulate their paces.

Strutters filled with confidence
Step lively, arms a’swinging,
Silently announcing
It’s their “A” game they are bringing.

Trudgers tramp with labored tread –
They’re carrying a weight;
Dispirited, they have no place
To which they might be late.

Tourists amble merrily;
They traipse on guidebook treks,
Jauntily meandering,
Their cameras ‘round their necks.

On any city street, observe –
Analysis awaits,
For there’s a lot to learn
By scrutinizing people’s gaits.