Bastards of Young

After the show
      we spill out of stickered cars
  and into the mauve vinyl booths
                   Denny’s is the only place we’re welcome

    cards slam against the speckled pink table
the corners crinkled   :   colliding with each other
  we always take Spit too seriously
                                                                 waitresses refill our coffee cups

Creamer Jenga? Sharon stacks
          the containers   :   I high five Dave as he walks by
   Denny’s is the only place we’re welcome

my pinky knocks into the tower
    Non-dairy creamers cascade
                                       across the table       
                                                                 waitresses refill our coffee cups
roll across the restaurant
                                Nice Job, Dave shouts
          throws one back at me

                                                    friends
                            play musical booths
                        we shout    :   flirt    :    laugh  

Denny’s is the only place we’re welcome
                                                                 waitresses always refill our coffee cups.