by Lowell Mertz

Created on: June 02, 2011   Last Updated: June 14, 2011

analog in digital village

espresso folowed by hasty hearts

fumbling through fractured small talk

over fried rice and yuppie gumbo.

She sips Perriier recounting

dreams of Wellsley and Vasser

exploding chipmunks and daddy's

reclamation of her credit card.

He mutters his shock at

her father's betrayal over oysters

and fruit compote all the while

silently saluting pop's sagacity.

Towards the end of it all they

spoon sushi at each other

as if they foundl life to be so

immensely astonishing.

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