driving down dodge street in my dirty honda
lied my way to the intersection and waited
my hospital is always the longest light
keeping things straight
maybe i should have turned around and
picked up that guy
he wasn't even wearing a coat
& this is for sure the coldest night
he wasn't wearing a backpack
like student status would warm him
i thought maybe he lives close
a black man walking down dodge street
west of memorial park in omaha
sunday night at 9:30 pm
who knows
he could have had an hour's walk ahead of him
i could have stopped and asked
"need a ride?"
i was listening to opera
and for the first time a male opera singer
made me feel comfortable
helped me lie a little maybe
that this was all a dream
i thought
just like a
movie
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