9361. I BUNGLED MY ALIBI

I BUNGLED MY ALIBI

Or at least it seemed that way :

the kid behind the Starbucks 

counter in the Barnes & Noble

asked where I'd been? He said

my order was ready 10 minutes 

ago and they had to give it away.

I said I was here the whole time,

and the person to whom they gave

it, I hoped, also paid. He asked

what I'd been doing. I said 'reading

Mein Kampf.' He thought that was

funny, and he gave me my coffee

for free. He said, 'do you want room

for milk?' I said, 'yes, but on the 

bottom, you see.'