a silent scream for coffee

The church is, like before, a place of refuge
providing knowledge and contemplation.
This particular one is famous, bookstore inside
an old church building, repurposed and yet centre stage
it is the crowd-funded place to be
No room for Starbucks in our city of Maastricht
with this local roast by Blanche Dael and
coffee outlets run by the same family, handsomely providing a refuge,
combined with knowledge and contemplation,
near bookstore or university, or in the middle of a wealthy quarter.
Not just food for thought
but white chocolate cheescake with rasperry jam topping
to be honest,
comfier than many a church.