by Richard M. Ankers

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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Richard