The Dentist's Stairs

I'm sitting here, on the stairs outside my dentist's clinic waiting for the orderly to call my ticket. Nothing spectacular, just smoking the time away. Got a cigarette in my hand and nothing better to do but wait. People passing are very interesting. I try to gauge them, judge them, find something in their eyes, a clue to who they are, what life them lead and i find nothing. I guess I'm being a bit self righteous about how i see them, the things they do that seem disgusting to me. Throwing a cigarette on the ground, that kind of thing, and the first thing that comes to mind is how on earth are these people doing these things? In an instant i forget what i used to do and what i was like. It just happens i guess. We do forget our own faults when we see or hear of other peoples' faults and i am getting it now. Being in the situation i am in now, i really get it. It really is an ugly when a soul condemns another soul. Word to the wise.... Buy a mirror. Guess where the butt of my now finished cigarette is now?!?!