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.