i walked out into a large semicircular area
it was the back bar area of an espresso cafe
it was too dark to work, for me
so i flipped the light switches in the back
and the whole place lit up like a stage
i walked up to the bar
and i thought: my god, i really miss this
and then a guy walked up to me
started telling me how he wanted it in a real cup
not a paper cup
he didn't know what kind of people
could drink coffee out of paper
but he wasn't one of them
i had real cups
so i'm like: of course sir, i would never give you paper
what is it you'd like
a large cup of thick foam with the shots poured on top
and i thought: that's almost what i drink
then i was at a film festival
there was a director there i particularly liked
we started talking
and i realized i was attracted to him
and that doesn't happen very often
he wanted some espresso
so i went over to the wall unit
some sort of combination coffee dispenser replicator
i had some trouble getting it to make foam
but finally i produced a decent macchiato
