Elf Power

During a 20th century prom, Megan and I cut out and saw the Velvet Monkeys at 9:30 Club.

We were dressed better than anyone there.

On a smartphone in the next century, A robot asks me where I left the bike share.

Listen closely robot: Probably outside the pizza place.

—November, 2018

Published in Spillway, September, 2019 and also in my collections, Shops Close Too Early (Cathexis Northwest Press, 2022) and The Night of Electric Bikes (Finishing Line Press, 2023).