The Date

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We go to a coffee shop on the southeast side of town.

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There is an 83 year old Austrian woman playing waltzes on a

grand piano.

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She will soon be homeless.

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It's Saturday night and the place is full of people on dates.

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At the table next to us is a 20ish couple. The man is busy texting.

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He ignores the pianist, his dessert, his date.

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She stares at the ceiling, her boredom palpable.

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Two tables up the situation is reversed.

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The woman texts, the man is ignored.

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I desperately want to rearrange the couples.