My Schedule
I clean out the fridge and
scrub the stove. My mom keeps saying
you have no idea how
happy this makes me so I leave
for New York for like
a week and for instance
on the train these girls ask a guy
if they passed Times Square already
I fell asleep, the guy says
rode the train all the way to
Bay Ridge so now you’re on
my schedule. So like we
just stay on this train?
and even at the bar
through the front window
I think I see someone
I know it’s impossible
Public Library
All the people who came in
and left the Chinese restaurant
without saying a word
and I equally said nothing
or took a picture of
lunch: they are here
now. Sitting at a broken
computer that might work
for all I know on a damp floor.
It is just one girl, full
disclosure: wearing
a pink hat. She is dancing
with her elbows and raining
outside. It seems we both
come from that restaurant.
Nick Chrastil is from Minneapolis, MN. He is currently studying journalism and history at Louisiana State University.