the breakfast 


Perked coffee for two this morning and

Sat in your chair while I

Warmed my feet by the stove

The clock's second hand ticked passionlessly

Relentless in meter

Annoying me

Yet I marked time in ticks

Groups of a hundred thinking

Maybe after a thousand the phone will ring

Perhaps ten thousand



Oh, I managed to fill the empty silence

But not your empty cup



~ by betty elders ~


©1983 RedBird Café/ Betty EldersAll rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited by all applicable laws.

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