Penny Coffeehouses

Descriptive supposition poem of a painting.

Zu den blauen Flaschen, Unknown (Approx. 1900)

The men meet in communion
within constituted walls
that are just as brilliant 
as The Starry Night
Vincent Van Gough
has yet to paint
within their century.

Pointed arches,
collected within one 
another, atop one 
of cascading pyramids
that appear to contain 
everyone on the surface –

the noble that beats t…