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Coffeehouse Poem # 433

Erren Kelly

A barista comes in
With her boyfriend
She’s a hippie girl
And she’s wearing a dress
Instead of her usual jeans
And t shirt
She looks like a different woman
In a dress
And I try not to let her know
That I’m looking at her
Even as she stands with
Her boyfriend.
She admires me for reading
So much
Tho secretly she hates it
Sometimes, she talks about
Me to the other baristas
As if I’m not there

But i don’t care
I think working a nine to
Five is toxic
I’m not trying to fit
Anyone’s idea of what’s
Normal
I’m not trying to be
Accepted
I still think she is lovely
A hippie girl in a dress
Like a fresh flower
In the dog days of
Summer

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