“april fool” day three

This poem is a part of my “april fool” series I’m posting throughout the month of April. if you’re confused, you can check out the preface here.

A/N: I really didn’t expect to end up writing so many poems, but here I am & I worked all day so this is what I’ve got.

I romanticized going to Starbucks this morning.

by emma lai

Walking into a downtown Starbucks

& suddenly I could be in any city.

I could be on my way to my NYC dream job

or just visiting a place I’d seen in movies.

I don’t have to be here.

Maybe I’m not about to walk to my crappy retail store.

Five shots on ice could be fueling a NYT bestseller

& not a ten hour saturday shift.

A Starbucks in nearly every city,

So for a moment I can pretend.

But I’m still here.

Maybe one day I won’t be.