always the cafe | Teen Ink
  1. Home
  2. Poetry
  3. Free Verse
  4. always the cafe

always the cafe

November 21, 2010
By juliey SILVER, Plano, Texas
More by this author
juliey SILVER, Plano, Texas
9 articles 2 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Never grow a wishbone, daughter, where your backbone ought to be." --Clementine Paddleford

View profile

he always walks in now.
the jacket rides stiff.
do you feel that?
sorry about the cheap leather.

coffee steams from his lashes.
i am so sleepy sleepy.
bitter black would be nice.
hair never falls quite right.
he runs finger over finger.
fingers are strung with marionettes.
they say everything.
i wish his words did.
words hold too many syllables.

he always walks out now.
and the cafe hums along.

i should've could've locked eyes.
i didn't.

Post a comment
Submit your own

Similar Articles

Previous Next
Poetry
To a Brother Growing Up
By imperfection GOLD
Gilroy, California
imperfection GOLD, Gilroy, California
17 articles 9 photos 45 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Dream as though you'll live forever, live as though you'll die today."
~James Dean (1931-1955), American Motion Picture Actor, symbol of rebellion

View profile
Poetry
My Sister's Keeper
By Angels1031 BRONZE
Fort Worth, Texas
Angels1031 BRONZE, Fort Worth, Texas
4 articles 0 photos 4 comments
View profile
Poetry
Motley Crue: I really hear you
By Arbys GOLD
Dobbs Ferry, New York
Arbys GOLD, Dobbs Ferry, New York
15 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity."Edgar Allan Poe
"A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work. ~Colin Powell" ~ Colin Powell
"Wisdom is not finally tested in the schools, Wisdom
"A poem is never finished, only abandoned."-Paul Valery

View profile
Poetry
I want a guy...
By grlgotgame BRONZE
Chillicothe, Ohio
grlgotgame BRONZE, Chillicothe, Ohio
4 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"Girls with butts like mine, don't talk to boys with faces like yours."

View profile
Poetry
The World of the Present
By Lost-In-Life GOLD
Whitby, Other
Lost-In-Life GOLD, Whitby, Other
11 articles 0 photos 299 comments

Favorite Quote:
It's never to late, if it weren't for the last minute many things would never get done!

View profile
Poetry
"Story of a Mother"
By Suzie17 GOLD
West Monroe, Louisiana
Suzie17 GOLD, West Monroe, Louisiana
19 articles 0 photos 29 comments
View profile

JOIN THE DISCUSSION

This article has 0 comments.