Stupid!

Robin needed a drive to work.     I drove her.
Then I thought,     I’ll drive to Eat My Words.
How stupid, though!     I’d removed my bag of books.

So, from the U     I drove back to St. Paul.
Got my bag     and put it in my pack.
Good. Alright.     So I set off again.

Traffic bad on 280.     The radio
was no help, so     I turned it off.
Broadway finally.     Stuck

behind buses.     Veering around trucks.
Past Central     I drove,
Past Stinson     (I think it was),

Washington,     University.
Where     is the Brewery?
Don’t see it,     but, anyway,

I’m turning right on 4^th.      Alrighty,
there’s a North-     East Minneapolis Arts District sign.
I might as well     just park.

But, of course,     Eat My Words was closed til ten o’clock.

Stupid! What a stupid day!     I’ll just hole up
at Maeve’s and post     my haikus.