Large
cappuccino please.
Quatre dollars the barista replies:
this is Le Grand Café
on Clarence at Alliance Française.
Quatre dollars the barista replies:
this is Le Grand Café
on Clarence at Alliance Française.
When
transferring coins from pocket
two slipped. Bien attraper!!
the barista smiles. They do not
hit the floor nor are they in my hand.
two slipped. Bien attraper!!
the barista smiles. They do not
hit the floor nor are they in my hand.
My custom is
this: order morning coffee
then to the loo while it brews.
When I open my fly two coins fall
into the bowl, glint with a watery smile.
then to the loo while it brews.
When I open my fly two coins fall
into the bowl, glint with a watery smile.
Who knows
where money has been
my mother said, urging me to wash my hands
before eating after touching coins –
and certain other things.
my mother said, urging me to wash my hands
before eating after touching coins –
and certain other things.
Back in the café my
coffee beckons,
Christmas decorations on the lights and wall –
goodwill in tinsel; the season of gifts –
today I leave a two-coin tip.
Christmas decorations on the lights and wall –
goodwill in tinsel; the season of gifts –
today I leave a two-coin tip.
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