Hospital Cafeteria Patience

The family celebrating
every bite of
dry day old cake
that tastes like
the delicious cry of a new born

The old man
sipping his
bitter coffee
swallowing the news
terminal cancer

The couple
eating in mechanical silence
knowing
they won’t know
for weeks

The women
chatty
companionable
they just like the food

June 11, 2020

Day 66 of 100
#The100DayProject

Prompt: write about people eating in a school or hospital cafeteria.

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