Breakfast in Krakow

By Bodhidharma's beard tis the truth ..

Breakfast in Krakow

For a moment or two,

I watched her

from across the table

opposite me

and there leaning over

her shoulder,

I saw a vision of some

young woman

whom I used to know

very well indeed ..

Indeed on that singular

occasion she

was smiley and golden

which clearly

reflected, in the deep

yellow yolk of my

breakfast eggs benedict ..

 

Author's Note

the morning after the morning after my op .. but anaesthetic had nowt to do with it ..

Reviews

[Zoe Richardson]

It is disconcerting to have the younger version of a loved one pop up. Without or without the aid of anesthesia. Is it a precious memory or the torment of age? Maybe a poem will rise as we contemplate the two. Enjoy your eggs Benedict. It's my favorite breakfast.

[Neville]

many thanks for checking in and considering my little scribble .. in truth, I am not entirely sure but wouldn't be surprised if both precious or residual memory and a certain uncertainty about what the future may hold might well be responsible for what essentially did happen and only recently .. All Good Things, Neville 😎👍

[Chris Shaw]

I know you to be a bit of a time traveller. The vision may have been a younger version of the woman opposite you, but it could have been some other nostalgia from the past entirely coming back to add even more sunshine to your morning. Whatever it was, it was a golden moment to enjoy with your breakfast eggs. Hope your op went well Neville.

Chris

[Neville]

You can read me like a book & whenever you want our Chris. Thanks a ton, I'm told the scar that will remain by around New Year will be much less noticeable than the one it was intended to hide 💜

[Lorry]

I remember being hospitalised a few years back (pulmonary embolism, of which I was told I survived) and luckily I wasn't saying much, due to the urgency of trying to breathe. But I must have spotted the nurse before being knocked out and I have no clue what I was dreaming about her, but she couldn't pass by without turning red in the face and eventually was told by another nurse that I was raging at her for covering myself in raspberries and cream and her not keeping her promise of eating it all!
So basically, even while out cold and living a fantasy dream, this young nurse still rejected me, in my own fantasy!!! 😀
Sounds like you woke up at just the right time Nev. I'd have been wearing those eggs Benedict, especially if it was the embarrassed nurse serving them! 😀

[Neville]

Jeez Loz, I didn't know mate .. soz, you shoulda said .. You are alright now tho' aint ya .. maybe 😎🐧..🐧👍xx

[Lorry]

Yeah. Was long coved that done it, but thankfully and fingers crossed hasn't come back.

[Neville]

Mine too .. I mean me fingers mate ..😎🐧..🐧🤞xx

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Gosh I am sorry! What operation? You okay? This is such an impressing writing I couldn't even find a time to get jealous! I am only jealous that I can't write this good...

[Neville]

Hey, no need to be sorry my friend .. Yes, I'm not too bad thanks .. just a little cosmetic touch up to hide a scar I acquired whilst last working in Africa .. I'm told it should be almost invisible before Christmas .. Oh' and don't knock yourself you write very well indeed .. Neville