Ah, Patrick, the imagination is stronger than the camera anyday. Andrew
On 1 April 2010 20:31, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> waitress with a
> large front verandah
>
> I am speechless any pics though??
> P despeeched
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of andrew burke
> Sent: 01 April 2010 00:59
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: snap: rum baba
>
> Beautiful, Max. It reminds of the Star Milkbar, and the waitress with a
> large front verandah at the El Calib when I was a teenager ... Thanks for
> the memory prompt!
>
> Andrew
>
> On 31 March 2010 03:13, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Rum Baba
> >
> >
> > In a Hampstead cafe forty-seven
> > years ago they waitressed together.
> >
> > Now my Auckland cousin Marie's over here
> > mainly to see Shona while she can.
> >
> > In a Melbourne cafe they reminisce:
> > 'pastries then were seven and six!
> >
> > who could afford that? - but,
> > when we weren't flirting with
> >
> > Hampstead's handsome wealthy
> > young male cafe-patrons,
> >
> > we could steal a Rum Baba each.
> > What are these costing you, Max?
> >
> > Do I have cream round my mouth?
> > I went back on my last trip
> >
> > and checked the old place out - that cafe,
> > still the same worn leather seats.
> >
> > We humans are lasting well, though,
> > aren't we!' Shona has a rare
> >
> > lung disease and can't walk far.
> > Marie plays down her cancer scares.
> >
> > Me, I'm long overdue for replacement
> > My Rum Baba is sweet as long-lost youth.
> >
> >
> > Max Richards
> >
> >
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