The Girl at the Hollywood Grill at 6 A.M.

She said
she was from Munster, Indiana

and people don’t treat
each other
like this
in Munster, Indiana

and
it was her 21st birthday

how could we

and I
wanted to tell her
about the powder blue
stuffed dog
I found
laying dead
and dirty
in the middle
of the subway tracks

and my weeks
of not eating

but Steve
just gave her
his finished plate
and said
“Happy Birthday.”

that poor girl
from the Midwest

drunk

in Chicago

© 2008 Lee Kitzis