People come to the restaurant with affects - tiny brass objects attached to the back of their shiny shoes, pleated skirts with ruffles, keyhole backed dresses, children who whirl around in the revolving door for at least twice wearing fake fur coats and glasses, women carrying things that I didn’t even know existed like portable ashtrays for inside their handbag (yes, really) useless stoles in the shape of circles, metal Romanesque hair bands like women used to wear in Roman times or in the films. As I wait, the couple to my right kiss each other as if they are in bed. They break off from their kissing but without breaking their conversation, she gets her vanity mirror out of her hand bag, pokes the corners of her eyes, clips it shut, puts it away
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