October
In a non-descript coffee shop
in the middle of nowhere,
a girl sitting alone
amidst gaudy Halloween decors,
observing the shop’s temporary residents –
an elderly guy donning yellow sneakers
accompanied by a tawny poodle;
a middle-age man
wearing shorts, loafers and ankle-high socks
in the midst of crisp winds;
A pony-tailed woman hurriedly walking back and forth
behind the counter
beckoned by a blurry line of faces;
Beret-capped baristas
Churning out drinks after drinks, surrounded by the dull whistle of the latte machine --
And she wonders if there’s another place called home.
About the Creator
Susan Lee
I graduated from Stanford University in 2002 with a BA in International Relations and a minor in Psychology and have a Masters in International Affairs from Georgetown University.
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