A woman leans
elbows on a counter,
bends her right wrist
reveals painted fingernails
ring on middle finger.
She leaves a teaspoon in an empty coffee cup.
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At the same time,
a barista rinses stained cups in a sink,
heats a filter drip
lets water flush down a drain,
replaces a glass jar of Columbian
Tasting notes say
“stone fruits, milk chocolate, nutty”.
His hairy calves naked,
elbows sharp.
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At the same time,
at a wooden bar,
two men play
‘Dungeons and Dragons”,
a fat crusty roll
washed down by tap water.
A woman in a floral dress
leans over, close,
demonstrates the best way
to lipstick both lips.
The men don’t ask to borrow her make-up.
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Bars explode and peter out…
From Bath to Cork with baby Grace 