Coffee House Lesson

[Brittany]

The season is summer, so the coat rack in the back seems to stand in earnest. Its only company is the sweatshirt of the shop's barista which seems to make the finial-finished rod stand tall with purpose. There are smaller bars which appear to be warrior shaped figures, with arms outstretched and hands clasped shut. There are no fingertips on these warriors to provide extension towards the world, no touch, no viable proof… no seized moments.

The rack awkwardly obscures an eye chart with the cafe's namesake on it and as I read the repetitive lines, I am testing more than my visual acuity. The eleven euro for coffee and hot chocolate that I leave behind feels like more than a fair pence for what I have learned as I bid farewell, with a five fingered wave and the notion that words don't write themselves, I quietly say, grazie.

[Mike Handley]

Ditto all who came and spoke before me. GREAT photo. 20/20.

[Angela]

Great photo and fine description of an object and the mood it evoked.  The third sentence was especially strong.

[Teresa]

Inanimate objects speak volumes.  Very nice.

[bolton carley]

only you would think to write of a forlorn coat rack. you have that amazing ability to see what others don't. 

[Gita]

You don't need an eye chart. You see clearly and thoughtfully. And Ron is right about the book cover.

[Robert McEvily]

Sublime.  I'm assuming you snapped the photo.  Love it.  (A book cover shot, if you ask me.)