Coffee Shop and Curtain Calls
Coffee Shop Casting Calls
Lookin’ at…and then away…
Looks at the coffee shop
Stealing glances,
Making judgements
creating scenarios
Every day
A sip of coffee
A quick look about
A quick appraisal
A quick casting call
Actors in place
And the play begins
The lady in blue
sitting next to you
Ex-trapeze artist for sure
The man in the corner
Back to the wall
Has all the earmarks
Of a hitman...waiting
And that silver haired lady
sipping her hazelnut latte
Is there a bodyguard waiting
by an idling Rolls outside
And that shifty-eyed guy
nibbling on a sugar cookie
Is he the trapeze artist’s
stalker...or ex-husband
Damn! just as I started to call out
Places everyone...The play is begun
I run out of my refilled senior coffee
And `rise reluctantly..to leave
Exiting with everyone
Stealing furtive glances at me
Looking at me
Then quickly away
Copyright © David O'Haolin Whalen | Year Posted 2017
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