In A Classy Cafe

They are two smart ladies, in a cafe, drinking tea, Both chattering away so fast, and so very merrily, They have obviously, to my mind, been friends for many years, One of them is talking, the other one, she hears, Then they change around, so it works the other way, The talker listens hard, to what the other has to say. One lady wears such a fashionable, stylish coat of red, The second one has no coat at all, but what she wears instead Is a very neat designer dress of a gentle pastel blue, With a string of pearls around her neck, and pearl earrings too. Such clear sophistication, they both elegantly display, One with brown hair, shoulder length, one with short hair, grey, A Mother and her Daughter, of that I have no doubt, Just meeting here together, I know not what about, But they seem to be very happy, and don't even notice us, Watching so attentively. Oh! , Heck, now we've missed our bus! © Ernestine Northover