tired young girl drinking espresso in a cafe

   
   
   
   
San Francisco  
   
1987  
   
Cafe Babar  
   
tired young girl  
sipping an espresso  
   
waiting for the sun  
to stop sunning  
   
waiting for the clouds  
to stop clouding

waiting for the rain
to stop raining
   
waiting for the poets  
to stop poeting  
   
waiting for the tic-toc
of the clock  to stop
ticking    
   
waiting for her heart    
beat to stop beating  
   
waiting for the ache    
of love to stop  
aching