The Diner, Onondaga County

The Diner, Onondaga County
Four of us bustle in laughing
Dirty comfortably unwashed from days of travel
Days of pillows in the backseat
The jukebox slurs to a halt
Heads turn incredulous stares
Either this or they don't care
Do we try or do we die
We try we order food and dine
Giggle over cd sized pancakes
Half raw like wet chalk dust
Finish off pay up piss walk out
A photo was taken outside
From the back window of the car
A man with a boiled hotdog
In one hand a coffee in the other
In the doorway leaving
Looking after us
Before he went to work and did his thing