boys

it may be a good time for you
to take someone on a date

as i master the art of rolling
the perfect cigarette, with the punches

outside the girl with the red sweats
is running, not walking, the strange little dog

food takes forever
el busboy nos da vuelta
like a shark, round and round
nos reconocemos

it's time for me to focus
something i can hold on to

for real. for real?

this of course, puts me squarely
between a poem and the streets

the strange little dog had already done the deed
there was no need to walk

so we sat and waited
food takes forever
everybody else is staring
the game on the tv

boys, she said

might as well run
at this point
algo's bound to give