From And Don’t Come Back, published in 2021.
Not Sure Yet if I Have Regrets or Not
College library coffee shop
guy at the counter says:
dropped out of school had some bills
couldn’t get into the studying
Worked here last two years
Make a lot of lattes for my classmates.
Ex-classmates.
3/6/20
Claudia McGill Writes Poetry, Did You Know That? 
There are definitely different paths we can take through life. That is something I always reinforce for my own kids as they ponder potential futures. The important thing, however, is to maintain a sense of moving along that path and not stagnating in one spot you happen to have settled in. Choosing a path should be active rather than passive.
Sounds like a familiar story….
I wrote this right before the pandemic closed down the community college library where I used to go to write, and they had a coffee shop, where one day I caught part of a conversation between the barista and another guy on this subject. I took the few bits I heard and filled in the gaps that I was prompted to think about from hearing them.