a day with steve

Today
I drove past houses covered in vines
With gates
To find steve in my car five
and then minutes later
Walking and talking with him at the marina

He asked me what was important
And I said
Health
Happiness
Friends and relationships
Art

He said
Meditation
And saving the world
Laughing that he
Might have something to learn

And then I saw
A seagull with one leg
As we stood together at the water

He said
Sometimes I think about the doors that were closed along the way
And suggested that I marry his son

I left him at the airport
And he laughed that he
Was always learning something
New about himself

Later at the post office a woman blocked the
Parking lot
Because she was passed out
Eyes closed
In her running car
With a thousand dollars
In cash in the seat beside
Her
I took a walk alone after leaving her with the paramedics
She had woken up
Confused