date night in the city

let's go into the city

tonight,

she says, putting on her favorite

little black dress.

okay.

i tell her,

you check your weather

app

and i'll check the crime

report.

slight chance

of rain, she says, but we

can bring

an umbrella.

hmm, i say staring at my

phone.

northeast and northwest

has had a slew

of carjackings,

assaults

and robberies.

southwest is on fire

with some

sort of protest.

what about southeast, she says.

there's this little

Italian

restaurant near the police

station.

they have an eggplant

dish to die for.

you can put your club

on the wheel,

and we both have pepper

spray. 

so okay, i tell her.

sounds good,

let me call ahead.