Alone?

 

Sat waiting at a bus stop

Phone dead.

Too dark to read the arrival times

and no clock in sight.

A city of over four million,

Streets as familiar

as a reflection.

And never have I been

so alone.

 

 

*

 

As Real

As real as super glued stars to a popcorn ceiling,

Hallmark Cards™ on mother’s day,

Or tailor fitted yoga pants found on the clearance rack.

As real as high schoolers wearing their fathers’ suits

and romantic sex on a sandy beach.

As transparent as an

Exclusive members-only offers for specialty customers

for an organic non gmo grass-fed all-natural no artificial flavoring or preservatives luncheon at McDonalds.

Kinda like a history lesson from Sean Spicer

Or never opening Tinder on your phone.

As real as we ever wanted to admit.