you spent an hour
showing me your coin collection
and i
obediently examined each one
carefully...
smiled
exclaimed
wondered.

you said you'd drive me home
but you
missed my street
the street that your bestfriend
you've had since a kid
also lives on
(what are the chances???)
you
laughed it off
drove me around
in the sweet
warm night
windows down
wind spiced with summer
blowing in our faces
music up
till we could feel it in our chests
for an hour...

then you talked to me
in my driveway
for another
thirty minutes
engine turned off
the peepers and crickets
singing through our open windows...

i think i
like
you