Suppertime
Salad with garlic dressing and turkey
The only customer
I sit in a booth
Facing the prep counter
Only one employee
We are together alone
In this small space
Cup of water and two cookies
White chocolate macadamia
Raspberry cheesecake
Through the speakers
Rock and contemporary music
99.5 FM
One thing I like about local radio
The DJs are live
As they click the next play
Used to be
DJs would spin
Vinyl 45s, grooved discs
I wonder what time it is
I did not bring my cell phone
And I don't carry a watch
There is a clock on the wall
Analog, round with a face and three hands
But the hands' revolutions have stopped
I walk over to eye a closer look
2:35 and 37 seconds
I wonder if it stopped at AM or PM
