two tickets to the matinee
I kept checking the lost & found
every day at twelve forty-five
there was nothing else to do
it took me twenty-two minutes
from my front door to the cinema
and exactly twenty-two steps
from the caged entryway
to the glass lined concession stand
concealing the well-worn box
everyone who worked there
knew I would never recover my treasure
but they humored me nonetheless
often forgetting to charge me
for the medium popcorn & large soda
not a single one wanting to know more
october two thousand twenty
copyright j matthew waters
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jdubqca 
well i do! What did you lose? 😉
haha that’s for me to know!
dadblastit!