Dark
curls,
dark,
bright eyes
above
his mask.
Slender
arms,
making
salads,
hands
out of sight
below
the counter.
Fingers
nimble
set
up the machine
push
it forward
for
a card's tap.
Dark,
intelligent eyes
above
his mask.
Eyes
may meet,
but
ne'er a glint
of
recognition shines
absent our faces.
A
native of San Francisco, George Stanley [photo credit: Cath Morris] has
lived in BC since 1971. He has published ten books of poetry, the most recent
are After Desire (2013), North of California St. (2014), and West
Broadway (with George Bowering’s Some End) (2018), all from New Star
Books of Vancouver, and a recent chapbook, Love Is Not an Algorithm
(2020), from above/ground press.
