wheels


the wheels on the bike
 go 
round and round
 round and round
round
and
round

 leaves crunching
 beneath

 these are working bikes
 delivery bikes
 food delivery bikes
 here in NYC
 almost
 every restaurant
 delivers

 we call it
 take out

 in other areas
 I have heard it called
 take away

 you call
 you order food
 gets delivered to your door 

its a way of life

 these particular working bikes
 belong
 to the guys 
who pedal
 for
 Big Nick's Burger Joint
and
 Big Nick's Pizza Joint

 the restaurants are connected
 you can
 order
 a burger at the pizza joint
 pizza at the burger joint

 Big Nick is Greek
 he brings
 his relatives
 over

 they work at the grill 
til
 they can speak English
 then 
they become waiters

 interestingly
 none of the waitresses
 are related
 to Big Nick

 I imagine
 and
 who knows I could be right 
that
 Big Nick's
 was the inspiration
 for 
the
John Belushi
 Saturday Night Live
 skits
 Cheeseburger Cheeseburger

 I miss that old crew on SNL 
these newbies
 aren't 
all that and a big chips