SILENT APPLAUSE.

ON WATCHING A WOMAN IN A CAFE

Watching a woman
eating a muffin
today at the café

I thought myself
viewing a show
of performance art,

the way
she broke it
apart

in her hands
and lifted
a small piece

to her mouth
and ate,
wiping

the crumbs away,
with the finger
just so

and she so
unaware
she was being viewed,

her art performance
receiving
a silent applause.