how she drinks tea

with long delicate fingers
she drops a sugar
cube into the cup,
a dollop of cream,
then stirs lightly.
the spoon clinks
against the rim,
then settles onto a napkin.
she lifts the cup
to her pursed
lips and gives
the hot rim a blow
to cool it where her
lips will follow. this is
how she drinks tea.
this is how she does
everything in her life.