Downtown

Minneapolis MN

Description

Do these actually work? You probably don’t remember us. We were wearing cargo shorts, Velcro sandals, t-shirts. This was last Tuesday morning at 3rd and 12th. It was hot. We were holding grande macchiatos and kept switching them from hand to hand because they were hot too. You were wearing grey skirt suits. Your hair was in ponytails. You were all holding coffee too, but we couldn’t tell what kind. You weren’t switching them from hand to hand though. You all sighed (angrily? though not as us?) as we made eye contact. We “cheers’ed” you with our paper cups and nodded, smiling (hopefully not too awkwardly?) We were all waiting for that tandem bicycle to pass. (Is that what it was? Or does “tandem” imply there were only two seats?) You checked your smart watches. You all tapped the pointy black toes of your Louboutins and sucked your teeth. You must have been running late for something important on the other side of the street? We were too shy to ask. The cyclists were sweating in their spandex and athletic sunglasses as they shot by endlessly. You pulled out your phones and shot off some texts. Probably to your bosses? We worked up the courage to say (stupidly) “how long even is this bike?” and you all said “f**k if we know” and shrugged as you multitasked on email or something. We’d love to try a better line (or two!) if any of you are willing to hear it.