I.
Who am I fooling,
honking at a
new kind of
Japanese hipster
walking back to his car-
after he walked
over to yell at an old
lady in front
that couldn’t drive.
The light is still red.
But he is out of place.

II.
Talked to America
today-heard it
through the pipe
formed by the phone
left alone on
the desk while
the clerk checked
my mail
vacuums and sounds of
cars driving by-
of plopping boxes,
ripping tape
and a woman
talking on
how her payment
was going
to be late
defensively
waiting
for a defensive response.

III
"Nope, nothing
here."
The handset
bounced
a few times
before the
line went dead.