Icarus

    Turkish Coffee Kisses

    2007

    Cups of Turkish coffee kisses
    Sticky treats of pure delight
    Like the lover that he misses
    Bitter-sweet on winter nights

    Bags of fresh-made salted popcorn
    Late-night films in Muswell Hill
    Like the magic hour before dawn
    Darkness breathes when all is still

    Sounds of syncopated beating
    Circle rhythms in the round
    Like the bloom of flowers fleeting
    Bursting bright from underground

    — Wayne Visser