Coins on the counter

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Photograph I : Petra Cecilia Maria Hermans

Coins on the counter

I stood, before a counter;

one of those counters.

I see myself, standing there.

On the counter,

no coins were to be seen,

no more.

I have been telling,

the employee, a woman yes,

that I had to negotiate, slow.

We have been talking

to each other,

I showed my hands,

most sensitive hands.

I handled her, nothing

in the End.

Far away, a car stopped,

I could have heard it.

Petra Cecilia Maria Hermans

Europe, the Netherlands, Tilburg,

May 25, 2019

© 2019 Petra Hermans

Sting – Shape of My Heart (Ten Summoner’s Tales, 1993)

Photograph II : A specific sunrise in my morning at Home, Tilburg

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