Maggie takes me to the airport
in a tiny Uber
an EV so small I could embrace
Scott the driver
from the backseat
He stutters but tells
stories
unabashedly
for the duration of the trip
about his mom’s recent death
His former girlfriend and her akita wolf illegal cross breeds
Maggie is also tiny
his graying chihuahua
we’re chummy, me and Maggs
I’ve needed a snuggle for far too long
and this dog
smaller than my thigh
is giving me all she’s got
Scott is speaking
haltingly of
Lost love
Terminal illness
Long-term rental cars that he uses to make money driving
sad strangers to the airport
In the scalding heat of
an Arizona summer
