The start of yesterday

So much goodness yesterday but yesterday morning started with this moment at Stewart’s. I had to fire up the voice memo on my phone to capture the scene which I’ve started working on.

Transcription from phone:

he walked to his car holding the cup tightly between his fingers
shaking the cup as men do to stir up the sweetness inside
the dog said how glad he was to see him, with his whole body
the man smiled as he got into the car

and then today’s take:

The skinny man, jeans, baseball cap,
white tee, left our local dairy shop
walking to his car in the brightness
he held the cup top and bottom,
tightly between his thumb and fingers
shaking it as men do around here
to stir up the sweetness inside
pointing the little spurts of coffee
away from himself,
putting off the first delicious sip.
The mongrel he’d left to wait
said how glad he was to see him,
with his whole body and eyes
hanging over the front seat, wagging.
The man smiled back as he got into the car
all three of us awash in the
rare perfection of a June morning
raising us up with a light hope
and happiness.

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One Response to The start of yesterday

  1. Betty says:

    Beautiful. I loved the picture I got from the scene.

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