It is incomprehensible

that you should lick the side of a teaspoon

with your eyes shut 

in a public cafe .

 

More incomprehensible still

that you should disregard

gossiping strangers 

commenting on conversations had

in said cafe . 

 

Not knowing

how their words stink 

or sink into the crevices

between sips .

 

I will order my preference

in peace . Savour my choices in

delectable indulgence -

without a dictatory menu .

 

Thankyou .

 

I will pay what

I feel is reasonable .

 

Whether beyond your means

or too inhumanely

incomprehensible .

 

And I will lick the side of my teaspoon

with my eyes shut

wherever I choose . 

 

Unashamedly .