the people
who ask the waitress
all the questions about the menu
and seem to think it is possible to get
two bowls of soup and two empanadas
for less than ten bucks in this part of the city
spoke to somebody this morning
before they came here
and the waitress spoke to somebody
or maybe she didn’t
this man is a vegan
that girl has a cello
this woman is drinking red wine
at ten in the morning
while she writes her third screenplay
the waitress does a little shimmy
to the motown that is playing
like it’s always playing
she doesn’t always smile like this
but she does today