Allowance

The man tapped on their window
at the intersection, asked for
a dollar for coffee, walked away,
then came back. They rolled
the window down a second time,
sure but not sure he was joking
when he said, Can you add fifty
cents to that, for tax
?

[LAG-other-response date=”03 01 2012″ url=”https://www.vianegativa.us/2012/02/words-on-the-street-353/” title=”Words on the Street”]