Tripping

It’s a fair distance to come and sit in silence
over a cuppa (we can do that at home)
but at least it’s a change of scenery.

The sea is over there. He’s got his back
to it. We’d get chilled to the bone
if we took a walk by it though. No,

we’ll sit a while longer. Have another
cuppa. Maybe a slice of something. He’ll look
at his watch. Sigh. Stand. Go. I’ll follow.