RENDEZVOUS
Looking for a better title. Also not sure I need last stanza.
clutches her long coat
collar turned up
head down
takes a seat
back booth
facing the door
"Just coffee."
watches door
wall clock
stirs slowly
"I'll be there by eight
if I can get away."
stirs 830 refill
spoons sugar
twice
grains spill
like snow
"Chocolate cake,
Rocky Road, please."
-Dewell H Byrd
Looking for a better title. Also not sure I need last stanza.
clutches her long coat
collar turned up
head down
takes a seat
back booth
facing the door
"Just coffee."
watches door
wall clock
stirs slowly
"I'll be there by eight
if I can get away."
stirs 830 refill
spoons sugar
twice
grains spill
like snow
"Chocolate cake,
Rocky Road, please."
-Dewell H Byrd