$10 Date.

$4 will buy
us 2 matching subway cards.
this will get us to

the park, then we can
stroll toward a coffee shop.
two lattes & a

$ tip will leave
just $1 to buy us
two-quarter mints at

the newsstand b4
we smile, share 1 kiss, & have
50¢ to spare.

Mark Anthony Thomas
Copyright © 2011

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