hamster round and round the lake
no see any interracial couples
like you see all the time in commercials
just black folk with black folk
white folk with white folk
except for dogs, they don’t seem to have a hangup about colors
not living in the real world Debbie
no wannabe Traffic jazz band tonight on lakeside stage
only traffic from interstate roaring by in its own melody
laying down bebop jazz tune, bud powell maybe
diesel trucks on freestyle bass
no oldies band, no oldies listening to the music
reliving days gone by, wishing for youth once more
shotgun cloud shots dotting the sky saying goodbye
dancing away to distant lands
humidity/ ten pound trench coat over your shoulders
look up and see
$2500 a month balconies
bicycles, grills, botanical gardens
I beg your pardon
standing room only
chairs, tables and other debris clutter
protecting them like wooden logs on a western outpost
somewhere in between the rockies and the prairie 1870’s Wyoming
some with christmas lights still on them six months
look in some of the lower level ones to see what I’m missing
they look like apartments---albeit nicer than mine
pictures on the walls, scandinavian furniture they didn’t put together themselves
fancy dining room sets, big screen tvs
all the things I don’t have
as I get older, all the things I’ll most likely never have
why can’t I find someone like baroness de koenigswarter to take care of me
