‘When you are worried, have trouble of one sort or
another—to the coffeehouse!
When she did not keep her appointment,
for one reason or another—to the coffeehouse!
When your shoes are torn and dilapidated—coffeehouse!
When your income is four hundred crowns
and you spend fi ve hundred—coffeehouse!’
—Peter Altenberg, Viennese poet,
from his poem ‘To The Coffeehouse’
steven felgate
(Steven Felgate)
#1