Plein Air Café outdoor patio, 4:15pm

• Wind on wood 
• Car exhaust, even at this distance from the road 
• Bell tower chiming, can’t pick out a distinct melody 
• Clinking of silverware on plates 
• Someone clunking down on a wooden bench
• Steps on the stone path
• Crunchy walking across gravel
• “Now that I’m a sophomore, things are starting to speed up a little bit”
• Distantly, sirens 
• Slamming the service window closed 
• A white picket fence
• Dandelions growing wild

• A barista calling out a drink 
• The name kind of sounds like “Eeeeehhhh” 
• Sirens getting closer,
• But still many blocks away
• A man reading on a tablet and his phone at the same time
• Black and white Nike sneakers must work here
• He just went in the back door 
• The sun through the leaves of the tree turn them bright green
• Bells ringing very loudly 
• A familiar melody, but I can’t name it. 
• Someone taking off a scarf, getting ready to sit down
• Someone unwrapping a sandwich 
• The paper crinkles 
• The sun on the windows exposes their dustiness
• The tint hides the people inside 
• Dandelion leaves wiggling in the air 
• Even when the breeze is very slow
• Another drink called out 
• Sounds like “Azzugaah” 

• Someone calling to an acquaintance, “Maurice!”
• “You look like you’re gonna….” 
• Someone taking out pens from a case 
• One purple, one pink. 
• Martín carrying a bottle of something red inside
• A person carrying a purse with a thick strap 
• It has words on it
• Someone looking at a spreadsheet on a laptop 
• Very very floral patterned pants 
• The sun has moved 
• The rectangle of light hits my feet now 
• It feels warm. 
• Person with the purse chugs water
• Woman with a tote bag and fleece jacket looking for a place to sit
• Drink for “Anna”
• No one responds

• A collective “oohhh” from out of sight
• The spreadsheet man sighs loudly
• “Oh god I wish!”
• Quiet honk from the street
• A man with a backpack and a white plastic bag throws something away
• Drink for “Lauren”
• Drink for “William” called inside, 
• Then again through the service window
• Martín and someone else walking through the back door
• Martín carrying a gallon of orange juice and a gallon of milk 
• A woman in a black coat and a bag with “Tokyo” printed on it in many colors
• “WiLLiaMM” 
• A black dog on a harness 
• Someone waiting at the window for assistance
• I think two people are speaking Japanese,
• They switched to English. 
• A child runs to a woman in a pink shirt and a vest
• A paper bag is handed through the window to the person waiting
• The kid is sent back inside with instructions
• The dog hops up onto a bench
• Someone sitting by the window rubs their eyes, and continues reading a book 
• Someone using the hose to wash off floor mats outside. 
• They unroll one, wash it, roll it back up and lean it against the wall
• An exclamation from Spreadsheet and Blue Quarter Zip 
• Barista through the service window pouring milk into a drink 
• Drink for “Tobias” 
• Drink for “Tobias” again 
• Someone in athletic gear holding a pastry and drink, walking quickly towards the road
• White and black Nikes approaching a woman, taking her empty plate 
• Drink for “Don” or “John” maybe? 
• Two hot teas in to-go cups 
• “It’s just, I’m not good at, like…” 
• Crinkling of a paper pastry bag
• “What are you waiting on, sir?”
• “Uhh, a hot cider” 
• Someone in a pink raincoat and a yellow hair tie going inside
• Person waiting for hot cider posts up next to the trash can, 
• Staring at the service window, arms crossed
• Now pacing back and forth, hand on chin
• Someone walks past the fridges inside, blocking the light temporarily
• “Okay, he like…” 
• A girl in a white button down and jeans 
• Scarf on, backpack on, throwing away an empty cup
• “I mean, apparently…” 
• “Just find an airbus” 
• A woman gesturing to the person she is talking to 
• Hands flat positioned on either side of her face, 

• Then moving hands away from herself

• Drink for “John” 
• Clear “J” sound this time. 
• Back door opens, 
• An empty black dish bucket is tossed to the ground
• Someone walking across the patio, waving to the woman in fleece
• White and black Nikes hands “John” two boxes of food
• The bells have not stopped playing

5:16pm. Pause.