Standing alone on the corner
it beckons,
gleaming steel with red and blue
neon lights.
Car park, full to overflowing
steps lead up,
doors waiting to be pushed.
Entering the first time, amazing
experience, my eyes
attempting to take it all in.
Half to my right, functional but
somehow bare,
for truckers and those in a hurry.
To my side a glass fronted cabinet...
Full of delights, all manner of
cakes, pastries divine—
Seated I look around, encompassing
the walls, individual booths
just like on the movies—
each with their individual jukebox
for lovers to choose
those songs of their own.
Tables fill the rest of the room,
waiters and waitresses
hustling to and fro
taking orders, bringing drinks.
I look at the menu, full of odd
things I don’t know.
Grits, I am persuaded to try,
cottage cheese, jello and fruit I choose.
I cannot imagine them together
but game to try—oh!
A delight on the taste-buds!
Time to leave, going with the dulcet
tones of , “Have a nice day!”
Standing alone on the corner
it beckons,
gleaming steel with red and blue
neon lights.
Car park, full to overflowing
steps lead up,
doors waiting to be pushed.
Entering the first time, amazing
experience, my eyes
attempting to take it all in.
Half to my right, functional but
somehow bare,
for truckers and those in a hurry.
To my side a glass fronted cabinet...
Full of delights, all manner of
cakes, pastries divine—
Seated I look around, encompassing
the walls, individual booths
just like on the movies—
each with their individual jukebox
for lovers to choose
those songs of their own.
Tables fill the rest of the room,
waiters and waitresses
hustling to and fro
taking orders, bringing drinks.
I look at the menu, full of odd
things I don’t know.
Grits, I am persuaded to try,
cottage cheese, jello and fruit I choose.
I cannot imagine them together
but game to try—oh!
A delight on the taste-buds!
Time to leave, going with the dulcet
tones of , “Have a nice day!”
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