The coffee’s bitter here,
beans dark, roasted hard,
flavour for waking up
– I see Cezanne on the wall,
a fire extinguisher,
a smoke-free zone,
even water can’t soften the taste,
exploration calls,
echo of earlier conversation,
poplars wave, leaves flash,
sunlight shortening shadows
under apple trees.
A bronzed girl hangs her jacket
on the back of a chair.
(Galicia 6 August 2010)
Conversations are dangerous:more people have been injured during conversations than in all human wars.Conversations kill: more relationships are put to death during conversations than during all the songs ever sung by all the women. Avoid conversations like the plague: too many conversations hurt like earthquakes hurt. If you find a conversation friendly, remember pearls and oysters.
Avoid Conversations
Conversations are dangerous:
more people have been injured during conversations
than in all human wars.
Conversations kill:
more relationships are put to death during conversations
than during all the songs ever sung
by all the women.
Avoid conversations like the plague:
too many conversations hurt
like earthquakes hurt.
If you find a conversation friendly,
remember pearls
and
oysters
From Bath to Cork with baby Grace 