Cafe News

I was at my neighbourhood café Come to hide and read quietly As I so often love to do In my favourite little corner My latte was especially smooth My story particularly captivating How better to relax on a lazy afternoon Life couldn’t be better that is Until a shriek tore through So high pitch it woke the dead I jumped out of my skin Fearing the worst Looked around on high alert Met countless pairs of wide eyes Staring back in bewilderment Tallying the many near-miss heart attack victims And there they were... the culprits Two giggly grown women Sitting out like sore thumbs Totally oblivious to the commotion they had triggered In a world of their very own But not being too quiet about it all Just when I presumed it might be safe To return to my quiet nook and haven And ease back into the literary world awaiting Loud enough for all to hear It was made known to everyone Soon there would be another new young mother on this earth Ahh… Someone was about to earn her wings Submitted on September 12, 2017 for contest POEMS THAT PAINT A PICTURE sponsored by SILENT ONE - RANKED 2ND