
I like to sit in a quiet café
at the top of the department store with
my coffee, cake and a book
Don’t be fooled
it’s not quaint or a hidden trendy secret
the lighting is too harsh and I can tell you
where the ceiling panels need fixing…
But it’s quiet and protected from the noise
of the busy shopping mall outside the doors
In here
people meander calmly amongst the cookware and
breezily browse through racks of last season’s sales
While I sit alongside grandma’s and their hungry grandchildren
I enter into another world
with a warm coffee in my hands
and pages before my eyes
There is a special comfort
in reading a book with a coffee –
a whole universe just for me
Shopping malls suck. Just saying.
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They really do!
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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your smile
and all the while
chat you up
with a book
and a cove and niche
to kiss you
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What a beautiful piece, my friend! The exquisite imagery and stunning flow is miraculous to read. Amazingly done 🖤
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Thanks Ace 😊😊😊 That’s very kind of you to say 💜
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oh those quiet coffee shops…how many books leafed through, how many conversations witnessed, how many notes scribbled on old notepads in those quiet coffeeshops. (she says – you’ll find her in one of those tomorrow morning). 😉 beautifully written, B.
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This comment in itself is delightful to read, you have captured the feeling perfectly VB. I hope you enjoy your coffee shop outing 💜☕
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Thanks Secrets!!!!
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I can so imagine you doing that.
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😊 That’s actually encouraging to hear, to know that words have translated to imagination 💜
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As, the ideal combo, any time, any place.
Beautiful poem 🙂
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Thanks Patricia 💜 The perfect combo to be sure.
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😉
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Coffee and books. What else do you need?
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Haha, I wholeheartedly agree. Oh I know… maybe to sit quietly beside someone else who also loves coffee and books 😍
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Perfect pair😍
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yes, I enjoy that combination too — but more often it’s a magazine or newspaper — but it’s still getting lost, immersed in something larger, more exotic —
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Yes, that is exactly it John 🙂
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That last line says it all. 🙂
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🙂 It sure does 💜
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🙂
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Beautiful Bree. I love the setting you have chosen to read and sip coffee. A pleasing read 🙂
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Thank you Vignesh, I’m glad you enjoyed 🙂
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Welcome Bree 🙂
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the perfect combination
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It really is 🙂
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coffee and a good read = joy!
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Haha, absolutely!
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love it!
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Thank you 💜
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Coffee and a good book is my go to when I am wide awake in the middle of the night, like now!
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With a coffee! Incredible! Such a comforting place isn’t it.
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