Chinese Tea Poem by Zyw Zywa

Chinese Tea



The woman behind my sister
looks outside, and her husband
is also busy

with his own thoughts
I wonder why
she herself looks past me

although she wanted to bridge
the distance she felt
and now I feel the same

She has changed
her breasts are too full
in the tight sweater

and her lipstick is too red
so unapproachably girlish
under the helmet of her hat

We have finished our tea
They'll stare us out
if we don't order a new pot

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
'Chop Suey' (1929, Edward Hopper) --- Collection 'NightWatch'
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