Squeezing between chairs and tables, animated by their temporary occupants, cafes are where those "immensities within ourselves" (Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space) touch and overlap. They allow thoughts and conversations to edge together over their arranged spaces and surfaces. In fiction they are the setting for strange meetings, where new characters may arrive and meet; where alliances can form with the dark stranger who sits silent in the shadows (Aragorn, The Fellowship of the Ring.) In life they provide solitary or companioned pauses; lingerings between one task and the next; refreshment and a chance to drink in the current surroundings; a chance to plan the next move.
) touch and overlap. They allow thoughts and conversations to edge together over their arranged spaces and surfaces. In fiction they are the setting for strange meetings, where new characters may arrive and meet; where alliances can form with the dark stranger who sits silent in the shadows (Aragorn, 
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