Konoba Lokanda Peskarija (a fisheria)

So
another day here
I am back


to dine
at Konoba Lokanda
Peskarija. 


This seaside
bar restaurant is found
at the fishing port


where
boats are docked near
nautical ruins.


This seaside
local hot spot
again, feels lonely.


Perhaps
it is early
what luck for a seat.

Here
an eclectic décor
displays pirate masks


on a scale,
an old Singer
sewing machine 


on a barrel
propped atop a wine rack
next to a pie cabinet


American looking
strangely enough,
and, another wine


rack
stores old dusty bottles 
of wine.

No one

else has arrived 

yet

I will

eat here from a pot

made of black iron

filled with grilled

squid, sardines, garlic

and wedge sliced lemons.

I will

drink dark Loska beer

cold, no head.

Here comes

the thick country bread

and olive oil.

I raise my glass

to toast all new

friends

but none have come

so I toast the wait-staff

I cannot see

because they work

so hard at Konoba

Lokanda Peskarija

to serve me

here, although I dine

alone

until

another day when

I return

to eat, drink

and meet at Konoba

Lokanda Peskarija.