the coffee house loner

A pot of tea for one please,

A corner and a book,

For I am the coffee house loner,

It has a certain look.

No extra milk is needed,

No sugar and no fuss,

I am the coffee house loner,

There is but one of us.

I may require a coffee,

That pleasant caffeine lift,

I am the coffee house loner,

My visit may be swift.

But other times 'tis casual,

An afternoon is lost,

but for the coffee house loner

this never is a cost.

And over yonder corner,

A solo tea pot seen,

Another coffee house loner

Is swimming in caffeine.

Across the wooden tables

A mutual respect,

We are coffee house loners

Not children of neglect.

Another pot of tea please,

I nestle in the booth,

For I am the coffee house loner,

I know no other truth.