Indian restaurant

Our favorite place,
nothing special. Good food, cheap,
they greet us with smiles.

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Game day

Feet on hardwoods shriek
like bird calls, his yells louder
still when shots score points.

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Old dog, no tricks

Stares at chair, the height
harder now. He leaps, back legs
scrabbling uselessly.

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Moved back home

God, stupid parents
How’s work? Boyfriend? Pretend to
care but want me gone.

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The reluctant novelist

Seventy-thousand
words a book–why? Seventeen
syllables enough.

Portland

Couch surfing through Air
BnB, they both turn heads,
young, lofted by dreams.

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Little white lies

Enjoy the city.
Envision the future I
text, wanting her home.