Revised Edition: LukivPress (Victoria, BC), 2021. Previously published as Poems Straight From Quesnel (Quesnel Writers' Group, 1997). An excerpt Granville's Caf Coffee-customersLaugh, squeal, Interpret laughs, Sip, grimace, snort, Try to get free re-fills, Poke at smoke rings, Drink Jet Fuel(Two shots of cappuccinoIn a milk shake), Praise lead guitarists asObscure as Johnny Winter, Condemn ismism, Dream about fortunes, And power-Which one wouldn't admitTo dreaming about- Admit to living Freudian/JungianJungle livesIn which "east is eastAnd west is west"-And if anybody forces theTwo together, Quick tonguesKill the romance, Make pride scarlet, Like cappuccino-bitternessOn a taste bud. The author Dan Lukiv is a poet, novelist, columnist, short story and article writer, and independent education researcher (hermeneutic phenomenology). His creative writing has appeared in 19 countries. Recently, he has been experimenting with temporal shifts and narrative strings in his haiku and senryu.