It's November 11^th

And that is not lost on me

Given the long history

Of occurrences of 11:11

(See Eleven Eleven)

I'm meeting Frank Wadleigh

For lunch in the Gaslamp

A couple of blocks

From our meeting place

I can't help but smile

Because transit bus number 1111

Is pulled over along my path

During lunch I consider

Mentioning the above

But decide against it

That is, until Frank

Relates a story about

A friend of his

Who he had bumped into twice,

Eleven years apart each time