Hope's Hospice

Coffee Break

It was Christmas time,
the baloons needed blowing,
and so in the evening
we sat together to blow
Balloons and tell jokes -
the cool air off the hills
made me think of coffee,
so I said "Yes, coffee
would be nice, "and smiled
as his thin fingers pulled
the balloons from the plastic bags;
so I went for coffee
and it takes a few minutes
to make the coffee
though I did not know
if he wanted cows milk
or condensed milk,
and when I came out
to ask him, he was gone,
just like that, in the time
it took me to think,
cows milk or condensed;
the balloons sat lightly
in his still lap.