A Sunday Mini Challenge weekend Poem for you

Putting on Airs*

 

We approached it with much trepidation
Might people think we were seeking some warmth

Would we be turned away at the grand door

Five bright welcome flags, U.S nonetheless

 

Heralded by the flags, still cool reception

Feelings of hidden microphones, cameras

Semblance of black armbands yet they wore none 

Greeters and Porters cold and stiff, no smiles

 

Said we came for coffee, tea and biscuits

The wait staff stood at parade rest, no smiles

No women help, men, order of the day

Ordered tea and scones, headed for the Lou

 

Lavatories in the Lou carved of stone

Carved of granite, golden faucets gleaming

High formal beaming like a British Lou  

A hundred plus years of age was it all

 

Goodbye doorman at the Lou standing tall

Meandered back inspecting fine fixtures

Of this most expensive D.C. hotel

Tea and scones been dumped on our low table
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Poem and Photos Copyright, © Jimmiehov 2017, All Rights Reserved 

Notes and photos: 


* "Since the 1500s, “airs” has referred to having an affected manner. It's from the French word air, "look, appearance, or bearing." Behaving as if you're better than other people — wealthier, better dressed, or better educated — is to put on airs. Acting like you know more than your teacher is a way to put on airs.
put on airs - Dictionary Definition : Vocabulary.com

To see where we had tea, highlight the blank area below:
The Building:  : The T r u m p  Hotel in Washington D.C.  No, we didn't stay there, way too many $$$$Bucks for us.  But we did go there for coffee one afternoon.  Mrs. Jim and I opted for a nice Cappuccino.  We (not tea and scones) were served in the hotel lobby.
 

 

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I am linked with Kim Russell in the Imaginary Garden with Real Toads, "Weekend Mini Challenge: Buildings", http://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/2017/07/weekend-mini-challenge-buildings.html

 

One of Kim's "favourite poems by Philip Larkin is ‘The Building’, which (she) cannot reproduce here due to copyright restrictions."  However, (she) provide(d) a link to the poem HERE." 

 

Her further directions are, "Today’s challenge is to write about a building. It could be a specific building with a name that we would all know without directly naming it."  

 

So I tried.

 

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