Rick the Pilot Walks His Dog During a Climate Crisis
written by: John Grochalski
@JohnGrochalski
yesterday it was eighty out
today it’s hovering near fifty-five
a young woman walks by
smelling of pumpkin spice
and you can feel autumn in the air
on a day like this
this morning rick the pilot is out walking his dog
in a coat and hat
red-faced and haggard
from whatever he poured into himself last night
running into rick is weird
we drank for years at the same bar
sometimes side by side
though we never said a word
back then i thought i was immortal
all i had to do was wait around for the muse
these days
putting together a grocery list
makes me feel like tolstoy
and that old bar is closed
rick and i, we avoid eye contact
when we see each other like this
he turns his back on me
and i slide right to avoid his dog’s shit
two hungover schmucks
reduced to drinking at home
eating up the hours and days
that we’ve been given
our old lives dependent upon nothing now
but how the weather holds out.
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