Sticky pop covered movie theater floor
the stack of white institutional paper napkins
pressed together
hospital strength pink pearl soap
the phone booth with the rainbow sticker
still stuck
Crowning yellow plastic butter pouring down
hair combs stuck in back pockets we belong
eyeliner melted on with fire badge of badness
I ordered a medium coke
and removed the straw from its white wrapper
that first sip
a million bubbles syrupy joy
In the end, we pushed back through the steel doors
back into a corridor of blowing trash
back into the traffic
back into the world
of unknowns and dark rainbows
I wore cloud socks that day
you wore sparkle socks
we ran home like sisters screaming
past the bus
past trees that might turn monstrous
