Middle Table Tanka Sequence Poem by Richard G Berg

That middle table
Is it the knife to your fork
Pain to your pleasure
Just because you laugh, they don't
That riddle has no middle

That middle table
Male cabin crew love their seats
Captains of a meal
Cutting through turbulent talk
Eyes checking the safe exits

That middle table
This time, middle-aged women
Chewing off the years
Stuck between lovers' tables
Knowing middle is no end


TANKA2
January 2023

Richard G Berg