Almost Pan Chocolat

One coffee, por favor
I mean danke
Actually, please
We are on the same page

No, no, it’s my first time
The bun gives the impression
Smiles, it’s delicious
Caffe, it’s spellings

Ongoing, overgoing, these spaces
Are sunny, perhaps
I’ll swap sides 
Onto the shade

The scent of the sandwiches
Matches the sound of the birds
And the smile
Will stay with me

The neutral expressions
Of those on their thing
Contemplating 
Finger on chin

I’m a stranger here
And a stranger to all
It’s the suction
Of home, sending

I’ve gotten the mail
That’s waiting on the step
Just two days from now
Thank you, danke

A bitte not bitte’
Forthright not at all
Are you in this place
It’s not where I’ll fall

Sipping the juice
Upright I go
Bent over the keys
Playing, so slow