12-13-2025, 08:29 AM
Jaywalkers
I called my friend and slowly poured water
on our evening plans until they
fizzled out,
freeing me to go to in-n-out alone.
Walking, because my parking spot
was too good to lose.
At the patio table
with my burger and coffee,
I gazed at the
talented jaywalkers
who might as well be raising
their middle fingers to the cars–
a big I dare you–
as they took the street.
And I thought of you
and how, in the backseat of your car,
I couldn't say I love you
and how this coffee,
hidden shamefully in the bottom corner of
the in-n-out menu,
tastes exactly like you'd expect
because by the time I'd thought to ask for cream
the cashier had already moved on to order 36.
I called my friend and slowly poured water
on our evening plans until they
fizzled out,
freeing me to go to in-n-out alone.
Walking, because my parking spot
was too good to lose.
At the patio table
with my burger and coffee,
I gazed at the
talented jaywalkers
who might as well be raising
their middle fingers to the cars–
a big I dare you–
as they took the street.
And I thought of you
and how, in the backseat of your car,
I couldn't say I love you
and how this coffee,
hidden shamefully in the bottom corner of
the in-n-out menu,
tastes exactly like you'd expect
because by the time I'd thought to ask for cream
the cashier had already moved on to order 36.