Organismo

the beats, the stick twirls, tossing overhead, clicking and clacking and flinching when they came too close

after 7

gotta get home. and then they were in the car and he said “what you doin’ tonight?” and i said “oh, we have a lot going on”

except we didn’t, and after we’d agreed to ditch all structure, i figured, “why not?”

so we left a message with their neighbors, everyone suspicious of my light skin, as always,

and sped off home for JUMBO meatballs, potatoes, salad, and garlic bread (which was all he ate – 3 pieces for a 6 year old!) and then football, soccer, dancing,

and just easy, organic hanging out

on a Thursday.