Terrific!  So pleased to see this one Featured.  Bravo, YOU!

ld

tom- not that i don't enjoy much of what and how you write, but i thought this one to be particular cool, coy, and clever.  using very minimal words you were able to give me such a vivid image of how this teahouse looks and feels.  the last stanza is a great wrap.  very appropriate pick for our front page.  -lawrence

Thanks so much,  all, for the welcome to Front Page. Lawrence, I have noted with pleasure your saying "our front page" (after your recent "fling", shh, nevermind everyone else). Tom

This poem has taken the craft to a new level; poets
no longer use only other people as fodder.

That's what I particularily like about it,
no one is safe.

:)

Spy v. Spy

Tom, sorry for late response on this.  Every time I open PC I read it again and pledge to leave and comment, and then don't!

Till this time.  Really great read.  So casual and yet so intimate, and nuanced.

Wonderful to see it on the Front Page - well deserved my friend.

k

Thank you, sir. Glad you like it, proud it's here. Tom