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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 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: http://www.netspace.net.au > -- Andrew http://hispirits.blogspot.com/ http://frankshome.org/AndrewBurke.html No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.437 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2781 - Release Date: 03/31/10 06:32:00