At the table. Table. Tables.
A half-smile. A frown? Indifference.
First hand. Hands
hold a cold glass. Cold glasses. Warm glasses.
A mutter
In the loud noise
Lips breaking apart, yours
slowly opening for a breath.
Eyes. White as white on walls.
Blink. The corners.
Blink. Left.
Blink again. Right.
Blinking…
The floor.
The ceiling.
Movements–the heavy air nudging you?
Waiter passing with the menu.
The mute menu. Menus.
Mute entrees.
Mute.
Everyone looks on—
Tables, corners, walls, lips, floor, ceiling,
menus, entrees,
Eyes, eyes, eyes—
The Critics.
Lek Borja is an emerging poet and artist living in California. Her poems are in the current issues of Poetic Diversity, Lady Jane’s Miscellany (San Francisco Bay Press), and {m} Magazine, and her wire sculptures can be viewed monthly at a gallery in Hotel Erwin for this year’s Venice Art Crawl in Venice Beach, CA. ]