he dropped two pounds last week.
the weight came right off for want of eating
there were cars on the street
and the street was an old street with no parking
he was tired and slightly lightheaded
maybe from dying or just the not eating thing
most likely it was from dying or kidney failure
maybe it was liver failure or heart or something
the street was parallel to another street east of it
then west came the river there were no other streets before it
beyond there were probably some other streets
they were possibly newer and blacker topped
his street the one he was standing on was gray
there were no sidewalks just a small concrete border and grass
it was not easy to walk and be dizzy and hungry while avoiding cars
it was not the busiest street but it was not abandoned either
he made his way past the cars and the cars passed him
there was a place to be at the end of the street
the place to be was where his street went perpendicular to another street
at the corner there was the place he meant to be going
he wasn't going to eat there but other people did
just coffee is what he would say and how much is that he would say
he would say that knowing no matter what he was going to buy that
formalities were observed on this street and he would pay in cash
next to the place he was going were some places he'd never been
they didn't interest him so he saw their signs but ignored them
he knew some people who liked those stores better
there was no convincing them otherwise and he wouldn't have tried
he had never been to those stores
after he got his coffee he would empty a packet of sugar in
stirring the sugar into the coffee gently he would look at the cream
he would place his hand on the cream but never use it
drinking the coffee made his head feel better
he decided he wasn't dying after all
on the way back to his car parked with the other cars on his street
it was nice to walk along the river's edge
he noticed that really there were only like fours different colors for cars
if you paid spacial attention you might catch an off color one day
the river however was brown today and yesterday and the day before
tomorrow it would be brown again and the day after
he made his way past the cars and the cars passed him
the door handle lifted in his hand the latch unlocked and the door slid open
today he was sure to lose another pound
that would be nice he thought that would make three pounds
Soon i'll be back to eating he said to the inside windshield
the key turned in his hand and the car gave a jolt at the start
