2015 & Beyond in Science & Arts Poetry - November 1, 2006 Scattered Crumbs by Kevin PILKINGTON You stop in a café and order a coffee from a woman a little bigger than the scones on sale next to the muffins with icing the color of snow piled so high they could close a school. You take the empty table near the window with a half empty cup of cocoa and scattered crumbs looking the way Santa might leave it after a snack on Christmas Eve.   You look out, take a sip then sit still in order to watch the city move. A bus rattles like dentures in the cold on its way cross town; a flock of pigeons near the curb walk on feet shaped like pitch forks, their heads moving back and forth-pistons to an engine even a mechanic could never fix. A young boy passing them holds on to his mother's hand and onto a string tied to a balloon. When it breaks free he watches it until it is as high as Chet Baker's voice and begins to cry. An old woman crossing the street alone gets angry, begins to yell, makes a few important points and by the time she reaches the opposite corner, wins the argument and smiles. It's impressive, you think, how quickly she settled things.   On a whim you get up and head into the church next door. You could have sworn it was Catholic but the saints near the altar look Lutheran in the shadows and the rest aren't even Christian, they're marble. You find candles flickering near the last pew, place money in the donation box then find one that doesn't burn on both ends, light it and pray it doesn't burn the bottom of an angel's foot on the wall a few inches above it.   After you get home you start washing the dishes, then reach for the towel that looks like the small Yorkie a woman down the block walks everyday. When it begins to growl as you dry the first glass, you decide to finish later, turn off the faucet, put on your coat, then pick up the towel again and take it out for a long walk.   Kevin Pilkington, October 2006, New York LIGHTMILLENNIUM.ORG #19th Issue LM - HOME PAGE Fall 2006 Issue# 19 CONTENTS DEDICATION LM-KIDS CORNER LM-YOUTH LM-SOUTH LETTER of the 19th Issue EVENTS & ACTIVITIES LIGHT MILLENNIUM TV Series ("LMTV") LMTV Videography PUBLISHING POLICY BIRTH OF THE LM - MANIFESTO ABOUT LIGHT MILLENNIUM 501 (c) (3) PROJECTS OUR SPONSORS HOW TO SPONSOR? WEB SYNERGY UN/DPI-NGO Profiles 2007 RUMI & CLARKE INSPIRATIONAL WRITING AWARDS WHEN PEACE COMES Poetry Writing Event April 2004 ISIK BINYILI (Türkçe) External Link TurkishGreekSynergy MANIFESTO Fugen GULERTEKIN The Light Millennium has become associated with the Department of Public Information of the United Nations effective December 12, 2005.