He Saw how She is Shopping by Daria Kudenko

He saw,

how obsessed she is with the beauty of the pines and bridges.
Saw,
how unconcealed, how enthusiastically she looks
on the musicians performing on stage in the bar.
He saw how she does not notice quiet strangers,
located as always in a dark corner,
from which they never dare.
And he saw how disgusted she looks at him:
such a decent bore - when he is sober,
and such a carefree asshole - when drunk.
He saw how she looks .
He saw,
how does she go shopping,
reluctantly choosing new headphones,
and, smiling, he understood,
that she do not know nothing about it.
He saw how she reads the composition of products
from the back of the package,
in the mind she counts calories,
as if she follows a diet,
and only then she puts it in the basket.
He saw she smelling something for some reason,
how long she chooses the most beautiful tomatoes, the most unripe bananas,
and did not understand why his choice is worse.
Saw he what happens in the end with her,
If she were in the confectionery department:
how dazzled is she,
and how she gathers everything, but little by little,
and then she is surprised at the cashier’s desk by "the sum total".
He saw how she goes shopping.
And he saw her smiling at the mongrels on the street,
as she is  not afraid to pet them,
knowing that it would be nice for them that they do not care about:
her red hair, her slender legs, her beauty.
(She hates excessive attention).
And he saw how she smiles at the oatmeal cookies —
because she liked it.
He saw she smiles at the full mug of cold tea,
found not in the kitchen.
He saw how she smiles when she dance alone -
to music that he did it.
He saw it all,
and every time he understood,
that he never become a fu**ing pines in the woods,
that are behind her house.
That he never become a city bridges,
Which will hold her feet
Even if being on the stage,
even if he is a lousy dog ​​he will!
She doesn't look at him like that!
But he saw,
He saw how often she smiles and how she can look.
And this means - he saw not a little,
to know for sure ...
He saw how she goes shopping.
There he saw her — for the last time.