The Waitress Sings
by Billie Dee, (California)
& Deborah P. Kolodji (California)
outside the café
winter jacarandas
winter sky
the scarf Mother made me
last Christmas
tattered cookbook
a buttered thumbprint
on the biscuit page
autographs
old photographs framed
on the wall
bacon pops
in the black iron skillet
fresh crumbs
the waitress sings
as we drink coffee
