Cake

Marie Antoinette at Cholmondeley's

By: Charles Giuliano - May 24, 2015

Cake

At Brandeis
Cholmondeley's Coffee House
In the Castle
Where Mom attended med school
Before Brandeis was Brandeis
Entertainment
On weekends
Folkies like
Mitch Greenhill
Jackie Washington
Even the legendary
Lightning Hopkins
Invited sister Pip
Nine years younger
Now no big deal
Then huge difference
A decade later
Often my date
Covering rock and jazz
Best friends
Weekly dinners
The squirt was thrilled
Then it happened
The waitress came
I ordered modestly
Within my means
She asked for cake
Miffed I said
You had to order the cake
Later a running gag
Reminded of her generosity
So many loans
From her allowance
Never paid back
What a bounder
Recently dinner at the Club
Elegant setting
Spouses Yuri and Astrid
Four of us
Visiting Boston
Told her
Pip you can have the cake
We laughed
Now that I
Can afford it