Cafe Eclipse by Ashley BeaudoinEntering upon smoke filled rooms
Starr taking money from everyone entering
Walking around the pool tables
I greet Shane with a hug
As I watch the young musicians
They play unknown songs
Kira dancing around the room just being herself
Christian presses a button where blue, green, red lights brighten the show
Many are talking
But no one can hear
Jaquie's sitting in the other room smoking her Blacks with her friends
Time moves on and some start leaving
Jesse shows up fashionably late
In another room we sit on the couches
Trying to talk about next Saturdays young musicians
The band is still playing their unknown songs to us
Kira is now playing a game of which she always wins
Shane with his bright pink hair is out in the main room
Dancing to the music, throwing his head back and forth
Like a ragdoll of some sort
Christian presses a button and what once were
Blue, green, and red are now plain lights
Music stops. 05/21/1999 Author's Note: I wrote this a long time ago at a poetry conference I got excepted to, it was an class/activity/lesson I had to take a bunch of words describing a place of comfort for me to be who I am and this Cafe' was my home away from home....
Posted on 01/07/2004 Copyright © 2025 Ashley Beaudoin
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