The tea ceremony
\nby cricketjeff on January 29, 2009.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved
\nAt ten to eight each morning she is sitting on her own,
\nImmaculately dressed to meet the day.
\nHer book is on the table and her face adopts the tone
\nOf one who knows she’ll always get her way.
\nHer routine never varies just the titles come and go,
\nThe waiters wait for orders that they must already know.<\/p>\n
The pot is hot and close on hand, her china cup prepared,
\nThe milk and sugar where they ought to be.
\nThe pages turn, she’s far away, this pleasure’s never shared;
\nShe does not speak until she’s had her tea.
\nThe chauffeur waits outside the door, he knows she’ll never rush
\nA chapter of the book must go before he meets the crush.<\/p>\n
I must have watched this ritual at least one hundred times,
\nEach day the scene is played out just the same.
\nExactly eight, her second cup to meet the\u00a0 steady chimes;
\nThe hotel clock is primed to play her game.
\nI wonder if I’ll ever know just who the lady is,
\nAn actress, or a writer, or a major city whizz.<\/p>\n
The book is closed, the cup is drained and finally a smile.
\nShe leaves a tip and strides toward the door.
\nIt’s opened by the Ma\u00eetre de, who bows in formal style
\nAnd unconcerned she sails across the floor.
\nI watch her car, a stately Rolls, receding down the street,
\nAnother morning ceremony is finally complete.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The tea ceremony by cricketjeff on January 29, 2009.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved At ten to eight each morning she is sitting on her own, Immaculately dressed to meet the day. Her book is on the table and her face adopts the tone Of one who knows she’ll always get her way. Her […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":9742,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3568","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3568"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7939,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3568\/revisions\/7939"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}