The Industry of Creating Friendship (in a tea cup)

One is
two makes a space between
to begin inviting curiosity
tap
tap

From cold silence
someone smiles at company
bringing three in competition
tap
tap
tip
one to make the tea
one to pour the milk
one to stir the spoon

Rivulets of steaming sloosh
rushing
riding
drowning
chit
chat
sparking argument
to fire the expectation
hiss
spit
tipping
topping
out of control
running round and round
squeezing spaces out
blurring boundaries
settling slowly
quietly forming

Drip
drop
is

 

2 thoughts on “The Industry of Creating Friendship (in a tea cup)

  1. Sarah Dolan Post author

    okay – if cheating is good enough for Martin then it’s good enough for me – wrote this a couple of years ago – and apologies but there should be tabs in it and I am not up to the technology

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