Stranger Study (extended piece)

I’ve been fiddling around with this a lot and finally decided it was time to post. I am not sure about this piece…the form, and especially the ending. Also, it’s only 185 words. Anyway, here it is (untitled as of yet):

He is average.

Eyes, cue, and ball align. He pulls his arm back, strikes the cue ball. Misses the pocket. Straightens up.

Average height.

He stands, eyes level with the light that hangs from the ceiling, that glows softly onto the pool table. Indifferently attentive is his manner, as he watches his opponent take his turn. Reservedly comfortable, he plants his feet, sets his stance, shifts his weight.

Average weight.

Not a football player, surely, nor an equestrian. What, then?

He prepares his play.

(A slight hesitation, unsure of whether he is solids or stripes.)

In the game of billiards, one is able to gather something about a person’s character. People calculate; he doesn’t calculate. He simply rests one hand on the table and hits the cue ball with the cue (always the same force, same motion), neither precise nor overly sloppy, never an extreme expression crossing his face.

Average looks.
(by anyone’s judgment)

Girls pass by, look, don’t linger.

His own eyes scan the table casually, indifferently attentive.

An eight ball is left.

He hits it, rolls it down the middle of the table.