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Dinner on a Restaurant’s Portico by a Coffee Shop

Matthew Guzman

Bright blue sleeping mat
wrapped with a strap of Velcro.
Outline of a sideways wallet

imprinted on his left back pocket.
I’ve seen him around this area
before. He pauses then looks

up at the sinking of a distant
burning star. The air smells of rain
forecasting scents of clover and asphalt.

From the tiled portico, I see him hounding
through a garbage can and I overhear
some woman complaining to her friend.

“Look at that...see that Martha?
These people are everywhere,”
The other replies, “I know, ain’t it a shame.”

His clean-shaven cheeks
and parted-at-the-side hair
no a strand out of place

makes me think that he should be
sending grandchildren funny birthday cards
with twenty dollar bills stapled inside

or playing gin rummy or watching Wheel of Fortune –
instead of washing himself in coffee shop lavatories
and searching for temporary sanctuary.

He walks, and is soon covered
by streets and traffic.
The ladies continue their meal.

I motion for the check,
knowing it will be too late
to catch him. He’s gone.

Leaving the waiter a forty
percent tip, a kind of penitence –
and a hope for a better tomorrow.



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