Saturday morning
Submitted by no_exit on Tue, 02/19/2008 - 4:36pm.
breakfast at Elsie's -
a whole neighborhood
in three shrinking rooms
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drawn on the face
of our elderly waitress
an imprint of scowls
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long wait for coffee -
could this cup
be any more empty?
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tasty menu -
beneath the side order toast
jelly stains
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salt, pepper
a bottle of ketchup
what more could you want?
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even in the kitchen
people go about their lives
unnoticed
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your eggs
not so runny
as my eggs
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reading the paper
words spill from the newsprint
to my tongue
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O busboy
didn't you realize
I would finish my toast?
I like
I love the way this is written. Good stuff.
thank ana!
thank ana!
man, you really have a knack
man, you really have a knack for this stuff. i'm blown away. esp. the first three stanzas. and then 7 and 8 are also great. i think number two is my fav. but, you're not one of those weird people who put ketchup on your eggs are you?