conversation

it's the same
people gathered in front
of the coffee shop,
sitting in the iron chairs,
they've been coming
here for years.
I can hear them
as I sit on the edge,
reading my
paper.
they've put their phones
down,
they are engaged and
talking, sharing, not
a single laptop
on the table. they speak
of their lives,
the news.
they could sit there
all day and do this,
some do.