big changes

while at the local

diner

down by the railroad

tracks

across from the airport

and the gumball

factory,

i asked the waitress, Lil,

for a slice

of apple pie

and a cup of coffee.

don't get mad, she said,

but we're plum out

of apple pie.

but we do have peach,

lemon meringue,

blueberry

and pumpkin.

dang, i tell her. i drove

all the ways down here

for that apple pie.

my stomach is all worked

up about it.

sorry, she said. but maybe

you'd like a change

this time.

mix it up a little.

okay. give me a slice

of pumpkin then.

i guess i am set in my ways.

you want a scoop of vanilla

ice-cream on that?

sure.

why not?

let's go crazy.