woda

bought a fountain soda

at a 7 eleven &

after initially sipping it down

in the early day

when the ice held together,

chilling the fizzy,

traditionally carbonated liquid,

she sat it down on her tabletop

in order to get her daughter ready

for when her father came to pick her

up (was his day to have her)---

coming back to the drink

hours later,

she found the liquid once

caffeinated & bubbly,

now drawn out, diluted beyond

belief &

watery

watery

watery---

it was no longer the fountain soda that

she loved, but rather

woda

now---

water + soda =

woda.