no reservations

you make reservations
at four in the afternoon,
but when you arrive they don't
have your name.
you ask why.
you tell them when you called,
who you talked to,
how you gave them
the time, the date,
your name, the place.
sorry they say we have no
record of any of that
and we have a two hour
wait for a table. you can
go to the bar if you'd like.
there is nothing you can do.
you feign anger, but
you really don't care
that much about it.
you're just hungry
and want a place
to sit down and eat a bowl
of pasta with red sauce,
have a glass of wine,
some bread
and salad. but not tonight.
you have no reservations.
so it's out into the cold
you go.