Jim Took It -Mike Meraz

we never thought
he would do it
but it was just
sitting there
with the key inside.

all those nightmare
years of past
could be taken
care of in one instant.

he was taking out the trash
when low and behold a
2009 Lexus SUV lay idle
on the side of the street.

the man who owned it
had gone in the store
for a minute
but when he came back
it was gone.

all the store employees
said, "Jim took it."

and everyone
laughed in unison
as if a great trick
had been played on
the devil himself

or the fates had
finally done right.

he punched the accelerator
for the I-10,
lit a cigarette,

he was gone...