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2010-07-10

To Dinner in July

(Hyde Park, Chicago- USA)

Green hydrangia snips
chocolate dress flairs
westerly wind blows

Window air conditioner
motors hum, dripping water
crackles concrete glazes

reflective sunlit path
Purposeful stride passes
unintended entrances

Arrived

Flip flop bottomed foot
curlsteps wooden threshold
Warmed feet and shoulders

cloaked slowly by cold
turned cool, calm climate
controlled rustic room

to dine. Ty-RA, ta-
ta, Mom-mi Ting voice
sound spoken language

Four family diners
small talk
small square table
small square red checked tablecloth

drapes four corners
four pairs that bookend
intertwined fingers of hands folded
rounds set for notice as patience

Observed

Table for one please.

Clang, flatware falls
klink-klack, it touches glass
kitchen music

No sound of chop-chop splunk
cleaver and vegetables can
be deciferred to please senses,

although, aroma...
   Fresh bread and grilling onions
an ahh.

Chip-chip
    chat-chat food talk
nice not loud.

Deeply inhale to sort
the pleasure here
for now.

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