Catching Up

Thanks for reading tailor. Glad you enjoyed it ��

Live and be well - H

I had a great time reading this enthralling poem of yours. Much appreciated.

Thanks, angliholic. Glad you enjoyed it

Live and be well - H

Enjoyed reading "Catching up"!

Like someone wrote about, the deeper meanings of the poem are subtly dislocated to the marks of time and trivial (eating) action.

Two persons meet for a coffee ( the waiting person is probably a woman) to see what remained of a once more close
The time of both doesn´t quite match. The food matches better.
But the meeting seems to be limited to that coffee and by that place:

"I sip and listen to vicarious adventures,
occasionally contributing a memory
of somewhere we've both been,
and then our cups are empty."

At the end, when both watch the place preparing to close, there is a feeling of something wanting in the air. The time of the meeting is running out.

Hi Danik, Thanks for reading and I'm glad you enjoyed it. I don't write much these days; I seem to spend most of my spare time with music, but it is pleasant to look back and remember. Perhaps I should work towards having more spare time, which is sort of self defeating :D

Live and be well - H

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Hawkman

You arrived first, as you always do
and I arrived late, as usual.
Your coffee has been poured already,
so I must order.

We say hello, as we always do
and you turn your cheek
for friendship's kiss
and I sit and listen to your news.

At last, my beverage arrives,
with its matching foam and sprinkles,
the biscuit in the saucer
could be the twin of yours.

I used not to drink cappuccino,
not until you taught me to.
Like Hancock, I had no need
of froth in my life.

It's been a year, so we catch up,
with time's interlude ignored.
Your son, now twenty-two,
was eight when I met you.

I sip and listen to vicarious adventures,
occasionally contributing a memory
of somewhere we've both been,
and then our cups are empty.

Lots more to be said
and it's too soon yet to part.
I ask if you'd like another,
you say yes, but decline my offer of a bun.

I treat you to a Madeleine anyway,
and we talk and watch from the balcony
as the coffee shop empties
and chairs are put up on tables.

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I would just take out "as usual" in the second line, not really needed. Also "I used not to drink cappuccino" first line of 4th stanza is a bit confusing. I like the end, "put up on the tables" and imagine chairs being put on top of tables.