Bitter frost
Warm hearts
South Tacoma Way
There to slam poetry
Signed up
Signed you up, too
Waited for you
To get dropped off
‘Cause your dad
Didn’t know this event
Wasn’t extra credit
We waited for Real Art
A stand-up show
To perform in
But it never happened
We signed up
And left for dinner
Across the street
Stonebank oven pizza,
Maybe
The place was shady
4/20 party set to blaze
Up in the front we were
In the middle of decorations
Laden with herbs and balloons
Chatting about
Changed reputations
Words rolling right
Off the tongue
But the back
Was a bar so seedy our waitress
Gave us a receipt
For someone else’s drinks
Paying for a whiskey
And a shot of vodka
Not meant for you or me
And we were offered crackers
And cannabis on a silver platter
No sooner did we
Think we were
Strapped for time
Did I admire the time
Evening 8:25
This neon vibe
You and I
Sheening blackrock top
And shiny store lights
Windy on the
Sidewalks
Where we waited,
I was warden
A watchdog
In wonderfully dirty
South Tacoma uncertainty
According to you
I’m not the person
I was once
Thought of to be
Stripped off, unconquered
Noctem ambulantes
By roadways and factories
Goosebumps and bone chill
Like when you listen
To good music’s heat
In the moment
Expectations evolve
Altered
Hearts and minds yet
Unconquered
“Nitor
Advocato.
Devoveo
Ingenium.
Nostrorum
– Esque.”
Tarrid, la yaqhar,
Den
Parthenos Olympos.
Ab-ster-go in-vic-tus!
Expectations evolve
Altered
Hearts and minds yet
Unconquered
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