under new management

the banner

hanging over the door of the restaurant

says

under new management.

grand opening.

so i go in.

but

nothing has changed.

Joe is still working

the bar

and Candy is waiting on

tables

in her leather

pants and low-cut merino

wool sweater.

i see Frank

through the little square

window

scraping the grill.

i ask Candy, 

as i sit down

to peruse the menu,

what's new,

what's changed?

she points at the menu

and says,

we now have breakfast all day,

and we're getting

brand new

cutlery tomorrow.