Looking out from Restaurant Windows<\/p>\n
Hanny, make sure you do not step into that puddle;
\nthe view is so aimless and subtle,
\nlooking out from these unclean windows.
\nAt the lake stumbling toward us,
\nnever seeming to reach beyond the shore:
\nif not to have a drink, then what for?
\nStill above our table swings the chandelier,
\nlingering of its light, the water damage
\nin the ceiling something I don\u2019t fear
\ndad couldn\u2019t resolve, either\u2014but he can\u2019t correct
\nthe widowed sky outside, without a hand to hold,
\nits cascading sympathy like a confession,
\nthe rain as diamonds shattering upon the sidewalk,
\nlike the taps of our fingers on the table as we talk.
\nCrumbs of your food sitting on your jacket:
\nthey\u2019re so hungry to be noticed, but we just
\nseem to always let them go.
\n\u201cDad, how come when I\u2019m not around, you have to stow
\naway and do things I wish I was there for?
\nLike going out for \u2018delicious beverages,\u2019
\nand speaking in the third person in the store?\u201d
\nEven so, I admire the ambulance driving slow, hushed,
\nwhile a Mustang peels down the avenue,
\ntrying to impress some flyleaf witness.
\nMitchell Creek is running right round the bend,
\nand I wish I could see the river\u2019s end
\nfrom the window, but I can only view part
\nof the bridge, the sentinel of the creek.
\nThe food arrives before I even know,
\nthe bill curtly expensive under the tarnished glow
\nof the dim chandelier light on the auburn seats,
\nfor simple people eating simple food,
\nlistening now and then to folk rock back beats.
\nA walk and dinner all in one,
\nliving so close to the restaurant as we do;
\nmust be why Auntie Jan and Grandma Millie
\nenjoy it so much. Today though, this moment of today,
\nI\u2019m fasting for this day to end weakly, right away;
\nI\u2019m eating fast, I laugh, looking out the window,
\nseeing all the gulls, a white halo above the silver bay.
\nI\u2019m so full, but in no such hurry,
\nto leave today behind without a worry.
\nIn hindsight, I think I spent most my desire
\nlooking out the window than at my plate.
\nWalking away from the chandelier, its tiring ire
\nfading with the last shift, I step into that puddle,
\nhappening to look back; and isn\u2019t it a shame that they
\nclean the windows right after we leave\u2014
\nonly to become dirty again?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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