Table Hogs

They invade the cafe at first light
Then with latte and laptop held tight
    They seize tables for four
    To let go nevermore
So all others drink coffee upright

With a bored intellectual stare
That one hankers to be Molière
    If he's writing a play
    For a hit on Broadway
Then its plot must involve Solitaire

One's quite the scientific young chap
For which typing is no handicap
   He must write his thesis
   By psychokinesis
Cause the keyboard gets hardly a tap

That one with the big apple fritter
Is researching a mental transmitter
    He's receiving the thoughts
    Of strange cosmonauts
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Perhaps you will think I'm pretentious
And more than a little contentious
     But it's just a disgrace
     To monopolize space
And I think that's the general consensus
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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Allison Avatar
January 16, 2016 at 5:48 PM
Very witty Roy:-) hugs Jan xx
A. Sharma Avatar
January 14, 2016 at 1:26 AM
This is so so witty Roy.. hats off to you for this humorous gem !
Gorelick Avatar
January 13, 2016 at 8:18 PM
this made me laugh because I have experienced this more than once..I guess an 6$ moch latte something or other- gives you the right to sit for hrs.. Good to read your work Roy...BG
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