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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