doo-do-do-do doo-doo-doo-d
doo-do-do-do doo-doo-doo-d
doo-do-do-do doo-doo-doo-d
the bass line
is an insinuation
by the café stereo system
playing noise
pitched just above the sound of
clatter-clatter-cla-cla-cla-cl
clatter-clatter-cla-cla-cla-cl
and
shu-shu-shu-shu shu shu sh sh
shu-shu-shu-shu shu shu sh sh
voices interspersed
tell the state of things
the bread
just out of the oven
doo-doo-doo-do
another flat white
wanted now
take away
shu-shu-shu sh
clean up
after table five please
clatter-clatter-clatter-cl
clatter-clatter-clatter-cl
the bass line
on the café stereo system is
doo-do-do-do doo-doo-doo-d
doo-do-do-do doo-doo-doo-d
an insinuation
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