clean cup

another gray day
brings to mind
thoughts and fear
cup of coffee too hot
to drink no one is here today
just an elderly woman
and myself she is down one end
and I am at the other
she is facing the wall
and if I look straight ahead
I am looking at matted white
hair on the back of hers
not really thinking about her
just observing the scene
surrounding me and I don’t
confine myself in this spot for any
reason except it used to be a spot
where friends could find me
now no one is looking
and I am alone staring
at the back of a stranger’s head
kind feel pathetic a bit sitting here
in a restaurant that is pretty far from
clean and I can't remember the last
time I got a clean cup…