Caffè
Little silver spoons
clatter down in wounded flight
landing on tiny white saucers
four then four more again again
alive in noisy association
on stainless steel counters
starlings lined up
on telephone wires
high above country roads
descending chattering landing perching
balanced on the curving hard edge
of porcelain white saucers
in preparation for frothy spilling cappuccino cups dropping
into place from indifferent hands.
Fiumicino Airport, Italy
June 16, 2017
Roma Series
@2017 Caffè — Joseph Yarbrough
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