It is hard to enter                                                                                                                                                                  
when I've traveled so far                                                                                                                                                     
yet bemoan disembarking                                                                                                                                                    
from the seat of my car                                                                                                                                                    

It is hard to be heard                                                                                                                                                      
when I'm muffled by cloth                                                                                                                                              
like a whisper concealed                                                                                                                                                   
unbeknownst to the boss                                                                                                                                                

But I walk to the door                                                                                                                                                         
then secure first a seat                                                                                                                                                     
which enlivens the soul                                                                                                                                                     
of the writer I seek.                                                                                                                                                           

I'm inspired despite
the pandemic's restraints
and the limits imposed
of the freedoms it takes.

So I distance myself
and I scribble away--
a creative so brave
at a coffee house one day.