I spend hours
massaging my brain
with pictures of outdoor tables.
I want something
simple and durable, a spare design.
I know now that 6 people
need at least 135cms,
but 150, 200 cms are best.
In tests,
the strongest table material is iron,
heavy against the wind,
though wood and steel might do.
You don't want aluminum or plastic, which can easily fly,
at eight stories high, and so become deadly.
I thought about what cannot be left out without protection,
must be covered from the rain and salt air.
Dirt too, from the subway site below,
blights everything up here with ochre dust.
But principally, after days of looking,
I realise I must consider time,
which wisely suggests
that I have patience,
wait.
