Our favorite place,
nothing special. Good food, cheap,
they greet us with smiles.
Indian restaurant
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Our favorite place,
nothing special. Good food, cheap,
they greet us with smiles.
Feet on hardwoods shriek
like bird calls, his yells louder
still when shots score points.
Stares at chair, the height
harder now. He leaps, back legs
scrabbling uselessly.
God, stupid parents
How’s work? Boyfriend? Pretend to
care but want me gone.
Seventy-thousand
words a book–why? Seventeen
syllables enough.
Couch surfing through Air
BnB, they both turn heads,
young, lofted by dreams.
Enjoy the city.
Envision the future I
text, wanting her home.