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Laboriously she entersthe coffee shophair up, make up on,clothes clean, ready for warAlways orders coffee for oneHolding herself up on a push chairforearms flex with each stepas they carry the familiar load.She hugs her history,heavy with disappointment,on each hipSits alone at a table for sixcoffee servedshoulders back, chin upawaits a conversationthat never arrives Surrounded byContinueContinue reading “Poetry: Coffee for One”