it’s cold for thanksgiving day
i was invited here at
cocoa beach village, florida
to give a poetry reading
and no one
greeted me
as i stepped off
the bus
i call my contact person
who arranged this
no one answered
there were supposed to be
several people attending at
the historic collage village playhouse
as i read poems for two hours
followed by a reception
of tasty food
but here i am
no one answers
and it is so lonely
and cold
i have no other person to call
i have no other place to go
i hunt for a cheap motel
and find one named
budget motel
then i hunt a gas station
for canned food that will be
thanksgiving dinner
it’s going to be
a very
lonely night
and I sit and wonder
what to do next
