Night Skiing

The boys want to ski
I am too worn to join them under the lights

I buy an overpriced coffee
Tuck into a varnished slab of wood
Spanning floor to ceiling windows

A woman in full North Face regalia
Sits next to me
Remarks on the view
Then buries her head in her phone

I am satisfied
In the the silence of observation


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