The barista apologises as she slides over my drink.
"Sorry! I didn't manage a design!"
"Oh, but look," I say, pointing to the faint skim milk outlines on the surface of my coffee. "There's a very delicate image..."
"It looks just like the lighthouse," adds the woman standing next to me, who has just collected her breakfast in a brown bag. (She names the lighthouse, but my brain doesn't catch it.)
"I saw a old man waving a cane." I'm rotating the cup.
We all laugh, and I return to my favourite table, calling back over my shoulder, "You see? You contain multitudes."
I'm not sure that's the best quote, but it sounds profound.
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