Sit

Sit, drink your coffee here; your work can wait awhile.

You're twenty-six, and still have some life ahead.

No need for wit; just talk vacuities and I'll

Reciprocate in kind, or laugh at you instead.

The world is too opaque, distressing and profound.

This twenty minutes' rendezvous will make my day:

To sit here in the sun, with grackles all around,

Staring with beady eyes, and you two feet away.

Vikram Seth