Where do I begin? I can sit someplace
and bring the inside blues and greens
of the restaurant into focus. Shutting my eyes,
I see the indoor palm trees as sentinels
near the front door. I’ve already mentioned
the wooden tiki gods, standing wordless
to the entrance to each dining room – but I forgot to mention
that they guarded the giant waterfall in the center
of the restaurant, built into yet another wall
cast in blue and wearing shadows for faces. The shadows
fled from the fire, my dinner set alight
as you watched with amusement. I have
to shut my eyes and use the film from the attic
to see it all again – how dare they tear down
one of our landmarks!
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