DAME'S NEAT FACE.

A MAN IN A COFFEE BAR AND THE SHORT DAME

Johnny stood
at the cafe bar counter

the female barista
had taken his order
two lattes
a cappuccino
and a mocha

beside him
a short dame
spectacles
dark haired
longish
ordered her order
to another barista  

Johnny watched
the baristas

signora
signorina
the female
Italian barista said

the short dame
was inattentive
o sorry
she said
I was elsewhere

Johnny smiled
taking a glimpse
of the dame

she caught his eye
and she smiled shyly

the dame fingered
her cellphone

Johnny took time
to appreciate
the female
the figure
the eyes
behind the glasses
as if for one moment
he had an art work
before him

then the barista
serving him
said the amount

he paid
and took his order
to his table behind
where others sat

taking in his mind
the art form
gone to her place
captured in his mind
the dame's neat face.