Monday 5 December 2011

Mugs with wrinkles

Two of us went out, ate junk food,
drank hot liquids, flapped our gums, then left.
Cuddly but not stuffed!
During the quiet spells we eyed the joint.
It was a spacious, clean, friendly place
offering coffee and munchies.

The cafe was a hangout for university tadpoles
fascinated by high tech gadgets. It is not
ideal for a food-loving senior's gang
unless they crave jungle java or
atomic portions of sugar buns.

The manager was polite and well spoken,
though a little unsure how to treat old folks.
The teen servers viewed us as cuddly stuffed toys.
Everyone stared at our walkers and thought
they were a far out, super-radical go-kart.

© 2011 Peter Letendre

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