Coffee cup on the exit ramp fence.
The concrete wall holding up the fence
To be exact.
You left it.
One of the homeless,
Who walk up and down it
Everyday
Asking for money.
But I only give ‘am food.,
Or left by the firemen
Who were here the other day.
But if so,
Why hadn’t I seen it there before.
As I waited for the light to change.
It’s all quiet
There’s no 1s or 2s
Popping up beside app symbols.
No reason to answer the phone.
Send some text.
It’s quiet
Remember what that is?
I wonder
I let it slip away
The wonder that was.
There was another wonder in there
Also.
But it too
Skipped away.
Skipped, slipped.
Maybe if I turn around,
walk out of the walkin,
and go back the way I came.
the thought was dropped off
somewhere along the way.
and there it is
sitting right there on the cutting board.
I needed garlic.
The birds sound like
Sea gulls speaking crow.
I watch the people pack up their things,
Load it into there wagons
And go into that place
Where they don’t come back.
Smyon-Pa 