Knot

Walking home on Sunday, I ran into a woman I recognize but hadn't seen in a while. She was sitting on a bench on 13th with her daughter. I smiled and she smiled back briefly and then quickly looked away. That 5 seconds somehow twisted my brain around. Was that a vaguely successful attempt at flirting? Why am I even trying to flirt when I'm not really looking to meet someone right now? Did she look away that quickly because she was with her daughter? Why am I thinking about this so much? Where can I get a really good pretzel? Okay, that last one didn't happen, but pretzels are a much better knot than my normal mental ruminations.