Bean Dreaming

Poetry 1 Minute

by Richard M. Ankers

Photo by Jon Tyson on Unsplash

Entering to a bell as though welcome,

overt smiles greet these scowls.

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With so many luxuries to enthral the senses,

we choose the simplest and sit.

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Classical music graces unseen speakers

hidden from view, not mind.

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This is ambience by design, perfunctory;

we close our eyes to elsewhere. 

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Curlicues of steam make mysteries

of a developing morning,

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that huffs and puffs beyond a 

forcefully fogged window;

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we chill to our forefathers as the bean,

prized and perfected, percolates.

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Leather seats make false luxury

for this temporary king of the hour.

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Brief lives pass in ever-cooling sips

and whorls of ochre gloop. 

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Time to go. Time to leave. The misting

cityscape is just another dream

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I have no wish to wake to, and

definitely no wish to wake from. 

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The End

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Published by Richard Ankers

Richard M. Ankers is the English author of The Eternals Series and Britannia Unleashed all published by Next Chapter. Richard feels privileged to have had stories and poetry published all over the world. He lives to write. A prolific writer, a constant source of clearing his mind, Richard has created this website to share just some of the many poems and prose he has written that would otherwise have fallen by the wayside. Reading and writing have always been Richard's main love along with the pursuit of keeping fit, running, walking, and anything that provides a spectacular view. Running in the rain with his headphones on whilst dreaming up some future storyline is just about perfect. It would be nicer still if that run was in Switzerland or Norway, but we can't have everything. Oh, and coffee, lots and lots of coffee.

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