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| Ed's Restaurant - 2 AM |
| a shaker of salt, |
| half empty, |
| huddles on the edge of the chipped two-top1 |
| whose coffee-ring stains |
| have been permanent memories a while. |
| the battered napkin dispenser |
| freckled with dried tiny spatters |
| grudgingly keeps it a secret |
| on whether or not it intends |
| to run out the next day; |
| the ketchup's on leave, |
| getting refilled in the kitchen, |
| a tired menu catches its breath, |
| its dog-eared corners |
| peek from the peeling plastic, |
| alert for the voices |
| of leaving waitresses. |
| © Jon Bohrn (1999) |
| 1two-top - a restaurant table that seats two people. |
