Monday, September 14, 2015

THREE OLD LADIES LUNCHING

artwork: ralph murre


THREE OLD LADIES LUNCHING
by Michael L. Newell

their voices float
among potted plants

forks pry open
cold clams artichokes and families

each bite hangs
in the air
a dilemma

coffee is served
and thin blue hair
fills
        with rising steam



~ first published in Poetry/LA (1984)