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Writer's pictureJireh Grace Pihoc

A Rest from Restaurants

Updated: Nov 15, 2023


I have a restaurant in my head

I have a restaurant in my head

It opens the moment I wake

And closes when my mind shuts down

On the menu:

My past flushed, flashed across the board

Present swept at all times

And future— a dessert deserted

I take no order

But I serve what I can offer

I do not order

But I am served what I don't deserve

On my tables I offer what I deserve

I close my eyes

And I see the silhouette of him of many

He who sits, silent beside me

Who tunes the fork

Orchestrating the noise that surround me

Of the people, slippery

As they rain on all fours, on all floors

No face they reign

No doors to escape and close

The constant chatter in my head

They come again and again

For I give what's best

In this restaurant beyond me

In this restaurant behind me

In this restaurant inside me

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