Cafe Shabu

Welcome to the cafîdhabu. permit me to introduce you to some of

our regulars. starting on my immediate left, ladies and

gentlemen, here in cafîdhabu, you’ll note a poet, a man of

words by tr

And yes, that’s a refugee from an unnamed political philosophy,

come here to spread his message of joy and peace amongst us.

thank you very much sir. over here, next to him we see a lady

who has

Ed-in a lifestyle of the rich and famous for work with

underprivileged and exceptional children which I am sure makes

her very pleased with herself, ladies and gentlemen. sitting

next to her a m

Letters and words and moods. a man who spent most of his life

deceiving himself and now finds himself facing six years in

rehabilitation prison and a death sentence on the outside.

sitting next

Im on a banquette, a ballerina. she’s had two grapes, a raisin,

and a chicklet, and she’s full. in fact, she’s been stuffed for

years. next to her are two spinsters knitting their way in and

out

Arious predicaments coloure

D by the excesses of their ancestors. and close by them, some

surreal painter’s brooding over the very over-emphasis of

colour-violence. violence on the blue end of the scale. next to

them, two

Uty detectives checking each other out. next door to the

sugarholics, see them shivering, see them staring into the

distance, see them growing, oh, see them go comatose. insulin

please, maitre d

My immediate right several politicians smiling lizard-like, see

them assure themselves that their status is indeed quo.

Rip up the cheques said the maitre d’. see if I care. I do this

for the company. I’ve got no-one to trust any secrets to but

myself. in the basement, in the vault, in the attic on the walls

are

Ictures I take in part-payment for my time. and the waitress

reminds you that in the backroom bathed in red, glowing with the

speed of light that reflects the demands of the living for the

dead,

Our angels, a host at your service to meet your every need. so

order up, the waitress said. our great cafîderves everything.