Cześć!

She said

"Cześć!"

with a usual cheerful smile & energy,

just after I entered the cafe

(*Cześć: "Hi" in Polish)

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This was the cafe I often went

And she did know, I do not speak Polish

But that's why
the moment she said

"Cześć!"

I felt like
I could see the base layer of her personality

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She said

"Cześć!"

before her eyes properly recognized my face
before her rationality started up
before her brain translated to "Hi!"

Her word

"Cześć!"

felt like
showing her simple, sunny & nonchalant character