serendipity

The I (who)

(he) living, as he does

on smoke, caffeine, onions, rice

TexMex refried beans

and various prepackaged cheers

standing

blownsole limousines by the next

bus pottyhole

waited calmly in the rain

for more minutes

which came finally

safe astride a leaf from Greenlake

floating like a bug

cuddled up

to an unexpected late-night phone call

friend