{"id":1473,"date":"2015-05-09T21:38:25","date_gmt":"2015-05-10T02:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/?p=1473"},"modified":"2015-04-04T15:42:40","modified_gmt":"2015-04-04T20:42:40","slug":"janet-mccann","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/?p=1473","title":{"rendered":"Janet McCann: “Thank You, But Let’s Meet Earlier”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Janet McCann<\/span><\/h1>\n

Thank You, But Let\u2019s Meet Earlier<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n
<\/div>\n
Breakfast would be better<\/span><\/div>\n
than lunch<\/span>\u2013<\/span>no Scotch,<\/span><\/div>\n
no wary posturing,<\/span><\/div>\n
and the morning opening over the plates<\/span><\/div>\n
in lemon light<\/span><\/div>\n
and the waitress content, pouring, because<\/span><\/div>\n
she\u2019s dropped her children at school<\/span><\/div>\n
and\u00a0<\/span>her feet don\u2019t hurt yet,<\/span><\/div>\n
coffee fresh and dark<\/span><\/div>\n
and around the third cup we find<\/span><\/div>\n
we\u2019ve left our files in the car, oh well<\/span>—<\/span><\/div>\n
the plates are white again<\/span><\/div>\n
but for a few crumbs, a smear of egg–<\/span><\/div>\n
business, maybe, next time.<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

Janet McCann<\/strong>, an old Texas poet who has been teaching at Texas A&M since 1968.<\/span><\/em><\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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