she's from Michigan
and he's from Rockford,
which is where my mom was born.
it's a tapas place
in Wicker Park.
we eat bacon-wrapped dates,
reference Seinfeld and basketball.
it's so sweet to be back
amongst real people,
and midwesterners
are some of the best real people.
even as the third wheel,
and not a lawyer,
this is still better than Florida's COVID.