Chicago Time

one cat ago or maybe two

when I lived in Chicago

and was married to a crazy person

with two crazy children

I used to enjoy sitting outside

reading the trib and drinking local coffee

then Caribou came

followed by Starbucks

and everybody left local

for trendy, with their French bulldogs

on alligator leashes, and their 100 speed

$2500.00 bikes

so local closed

after that I made coffee at home

and sat on my balcony on the fourth floor

and pretended to read the trib

while watching the clouds over the lake

and not listening to the nazi-skinhead-music

that vibrated the walls and windows

after that I moved to Texas