The waitress is sleepy and so am I.
\nShe\u2019s seen better days, and so have I.
\nI tell her what I\u2019m doing, up writing
\npoetry until the cows come home.
\nShe pops her gum, her only comment,
\nand ambles off with the coffee pot.
\nI want to say, \u201cPlease leave it here,\u201d
\nbut this isn\u2019t that kind of place.
\nFor one thing, the carafe isn\u2019t thermal,
\nso it would get cold quickly, and then
\nwhere would I be? I have to be content
\nto wait until she remembers me, between
\nthe truck driver with the bad cough and
\nthe teenagers texting each other across
\nthe booth behind me, the F word back
\nand forth. I want to ask if their parents
\nknow where they are, but they have their
\npoetry, too, as well as their doom. I want<\/p>\n
them to stay here forever,<\/p>\n
whispering and giggling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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