Old Town Coffee and Chocolates

(Proving once again that it’s very hard to get any cooler than a cool barista)

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Recorded Reading: https://www.dropbox.com/s/kb6qj8szt8e8pc9/Old%20Town%20Coffee%20and%20Chocolates.mp3?dl=0

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Old Town Coffee and Chocolates

The elephant
Shaped cookies
On the counter
Bear on their whole grain backs
Bountiful blankets
Of large blue jimmies

I met those
I say
Into the open eyes
Over the friendly smile
Behind that counter

The open eyes
Look into my own

That friendly smile
Deepens

I was there
He says

Actually I reply
You were

While making change he continues
Still am

I know I murmur
That’s what we’re doing here now…

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This poet is physically disabled. Public housing being insufficient to her medical and creative needs, she is presently living, in order to continue working, in her minivan, publishing all of her works using one thumb on the touch screen of her smartphone at an income of a fraction of her nation’s poverty level. She would treasure any donation you might care to offer ~ http://www.UgiftABLE.com ● #72D-31S

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