32 Oak Street
Roads Taken

Two Dollars and a Quarter

by WanderCabinet6 · 1mo

I found your jacket in the back of the closet yesterday.

The one you left that summer. In the pocket, a receipt from Ma's Diner.

Two dollars and a quarter for two coffees and a slice of pie.

On the back, in your pen: 'Meet me at the station at 4.'

I was forty-seven minutes late. You left without me.

Now I'm getting married next week. I was cleaning out the car and found an ice scraper in the glovebox. In July.

I never left this town. I finally see the road I took.

This is a voicemail. Your number probably doesn't work anymore.

But I needed to say it out loud. I still have the receipt.

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