Posts by Danny Caine
Chain Restaurants, Reviewed by Poems: Krispy Kreme
Danny Caine
Son, some advice: you don’t know
what a hangover is, but when you learn,
a McDonalds #4 breakfast will help.
Never eat at Subway.
You’re allowed to take breadsticks
& salad and/or cheddar
Chain Restaurants, Reviewed by Poems: Wendy’s
Danny Caine
On the way to T’s childhood Wendy’s I tell her
about mine, a Fancy Wendy’s, with a salad bar,
rooms, tin ceilings or something. I’ve been too afraid
to go back: no person ever steps into the same
Chain Restaurants, Reviewed by Poems: Texas Roadhouse
Danny Caine
Every book says I’ll miss this part.
Chain Restaurants, Reviewed by Poems: Chili’s
Danny Caine
" ... look at me now, with a margarita / in a little pitcher thing, shaken"
Chain Restaurants, Reviewed with Poems: Cracker Barrel
Danny Caine
All day I look forward to hours of empty house
then I’m there and the whole place itches. I go
not home but the place that tries so hard to feel like it.
Chain Restaurants, Reviewed by Poems: In-N-Out Burger
Danny Caine
Nostalgia style: you miss your Double Double
before you even take a bite. You know
burgers become slimy wax paper crumbles,
babies become toddlers, toddlers become
Chain Restaurants, Reviewed by Poems: Culver’s
Danny Caine
We’ve never lived in Culver’s territory and it still doesn’t
feel like we do. I mean, it’s at 33rd and Iowa and our place
is at 9th and Indiana. That’s like a 15-minute drive.
Chain Restaurants, Reviewed by Poems: Popeye’s Louisiana Kitchen
Danny Caine
In this plastic bayou we’re not customers,
we’re guests. POPEYES GUEST 138,
YOUR ORDER IS READY. Guests, yes,
but also numbers—we’re not in Panera
Five Poems
Danny Caine
All the waffles in Texas / are shaped like Texas. All / the waffles in Ohio / are shaped like waffles.
Chrissy, John, Kanye, and Kim go to Waffle House
Danny Caine
"Nobody bothered them. They ate, they had fun. They danced a little. We have a jukebox in here."
Carolyn Washington, manager of the Waffle House at 59th Ave & I-10 in