smoke swirls
coffee tastes peculiar
i drink it anyway, along with something with mustard
mainly for the mustard, rather than for the ‘something’
people stick political posters over the board that says ‘SMOKING IS A PUNISHABLE OFFENCE’
people ask for ash-trays and get them
or they don’t ask for ash-trays and they tip ash on the floor, looked on indulgently by waiters
two old men watch the people around them, silent in the midst of the noise
and we chatter on about our writing and our dreams
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