I Didn’t Mean to Think of You Today i didn’t mean to think of you today, but i did i was in the drive-thru of some fast-food place nothing special, same as usual but the car in front of me was a bright neon lime green and it reminded me of the hat you had on when we first met back in college on the subway you were laughing and everyone else was gawking at you and your long curls and your gleaming skin and your bright clothes and i thought, i want to be her friend because you were the exciting foreignity of a new delicacy and you were the gem in the apex of the crown and you were the thrill of anticipation at the top of a rollercoaster extraordinarily fantastic when i walked up to you you greeted me like an old friend and the sound of your voice was the fizz of bubbles in a carbonated drink and the whirr of a hummingbird’s wings i got home today clutching my bag of food wounded by past regrets and i saw someone walk by with white sneakers that reminded me of the pair i bought when i didn’t realize that the rainbow ones were the trend
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