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Tea, Coffee and Desserts

from Surface Industries II by Paul Rooney

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I watch the clock that’s on the wall.

It’s ten-thirty AM,
the alarm is barking. I don't want to miss the bus.
My body is so tired.
I feel so exhausted,
I was up late last night finishing essay writing.

The bus journey is twenty-five minutes.

The words appear in front
of my eyes: The Mayflower. I spend most of my time here.

Tuition fees are the reason I work.

I prepare the tea, coffee and desserts.
This is my first job of the morning, every morning. Half an hour later

customers start to trickle in, hungry.

A regular turns up.
He always has the same, beef satay sauce and fried rice.

I watch the clock that’s on the wall,
I watch the clock that’s on the wall,
I watch the clock that’s on the wall,
then have a cigarette in the crew room.

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from Surface Industries II, released August 7, 2023

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