BEA'N - Portrait of a Coffeehouse

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BEA'N - Portrait of a Coffeehouse

Four stanzas from the poem CUPPA JOE (by Raindog) ~ 16 stanzas long...16 paintings.  Paintings by Shelley RuggThorp, stanzas lettered by Raindog.  Painting sizes = 10 X 10 inches.  Paintings are for sale. Contact Raindog

These paintings were on display at Portfolio Coffeehouse (2300 E. 4th St in Long Beach, CA) August to mid-September, 2003.

The last stanza in the poem

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Who casts this spell over us from which there is no escape the bean is dead Long live the bean

Stanza Number Seven

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Conceptual paradigm of crema dictates style of living

BEA'N

Stanza Number Ten

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Little brown bean the equal-

izer w/an attractive bitterness.

Stanza Number Four

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(The new bohemian crowd becomes a cafeen nation)