Kandinsky's Diner: Check, Please! by Zee Zahava and Bill Waters

Composition (II), by Wassily Kandinsky (Russia) 1923

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Kandinsky's Diner: Check, Please!
a Collaborative Poem

the waitress suggests
toad in the hole — I order
fruit salad instead
 
the unmistakable smell
of burnt toast
 
a tippy table
catching the salt shaker 
before it falls
 
a slice of cheese
on the filthy tiled floor
and a soda straw
 
looking out the window
greasy rain
 
three plates
in the waitress’s hand
— check, please!

Zee Zahava and Bill Waters

Zee Zahava (stanzas 1, 3, 5)
Bill Waters (stanzas 2, 4, 6)

Bill Waters is a longtime writer of short poetry and compressed prose. He also runs the Poetry in Public Places Project, a Facebook / real-world group interested in creating and promoting poetry in public spaces to increase the richness of everyday life. Bill lives in Pennington, New Jersey, U.S.A., with his wonderful wife and their two amazing cats.
 
Zee Zahava was born in the Bronx but has lived most of her adult life in Ithaca, New York. She was the Tompkins County Poet Laureate in 2017 and 2018. Her book of short poems, here i am, was published by wildflower poetry press in 2017.