Small World

At a country neighbor’s open house,
Among the many guests,
I met a former fellow teacher
And, as talk progressed,

I found out that she worked once
At a school run by my friend.
I know it’s just coincidence
But strange to comprehend.

I’ve known this friend for forty years –
We’re buddies through his wife –
Yet someone I just met last night
Has been part of his life.

This party was a hundred miles
From where my friends reside;
How often, though, through circumstance,
Disparate realms collide.

The world is shrinking, that’s for sure,
But I have no objection.
It’s kind of nice to meet someone
And unearth a connection.