Palm trees in the clouds
Oversized curtain tassels
Reproduction prints
After dinner mints
Family conversing
Eat as much as you can
Dark inside when sunny
Packet trifle, frozen flan
Carpenters on the radio
Pockets of chat at the bar
Melamine chipped place mats
Wondering where you are
Varnished wood
Sachets of sauce
Frosted windows
Between each course
Old man
Sat all alone
This hotel bar
His second home
Tourist season
Coming soon
A few new faces
Would lift the gloom
Lights dimmed
Heaters turned low
Machines fall quiet
It’s time to go
Janinka Diverio
written at Grange Lodge Hotel whilst waiting for Lester Queripel,