a neighbourhood in mourning for a convenience store closing. rental increase aligning stars to fuel the rising cost of living. patrons thank two decades of service with a billboard down the road. I watch the legacy collapse into a moving van on my ride home.
stirred from where I was by someone's sobs around the corner. an international student cries into the telephone. a stranger at my table leaves her books to offer hugs and a want to understand. her boyfriend shakes his disapproval and gestures to his watch. they were talking about party plans before the upset. he was making demands. she was trying to focus. I pass her drying tears on my way out.
we were swimming in my dream last night. there was a lot of laughter, colours like the blossoms on the trees we cut for power lines. underwater you bewilder like a story they'll tell for generations. we leave our clothes and words where they belong. you leave me behind or maybe I just can't keep up.
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