on our first date
we hit it off
i said I was a Little Ceasar’s man
you said you wanted a slice
but not from Pizza Hut
because they don’t have cheap crazy bread
we both like Target
way better than Mervyn’s
for clothes and for knick knacks
even though they are similar
how perfect is that
but it hasn’t been all
Ben and Jerry’s
you’ve opened my eyes
to feelings I’ve never known
I had never even tried
the chalupa at Taco Bell
when you said it was better
than the gordita
it was a struggle
but now I think we are on common ground
we both like the Gap
but would never shop at Abercrombie
we both think that Burger King
is way better than McDonalds
we are like two scoops
of the same ice cream at Baskin-Robbins
but i knew it was fate
the night we shared
that we both can’t stand
Friends
but loved Saved By the Bell
we share everything there
is to share with one another
and we play back the memories
over the soundtrack from
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
and we won’t get chicken
from KFC
because it’s too greasy
i think this would make a pretty good recurring sketch on SNL or something… two people who think their lives are destined for each other because their tastes in chain restaurants, mainstream mass-media, pop culture, and national retail outlets overlap. that’s it. they never have other conversations and they inflate these coincidences to “soulmate” status…