Wahiawa No Mo' Starbucks

I found the poem "Wahiawa No Mo' Starbucks" or "What We Get" by Jill Yamasawa from Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Bus really interesting. The pop culture references, both specifically related to Hawaii (like Kemoo Farms, Kilani Bakery) and the ones not (like Starbucks, Jack in da Box, and 711) were great. I loved that this small book contained sights, feelings, sounds and people riding a bus. You could see or do pretty much anything on a bus and no bus ride is identical to another. I felt like this poem specifically addressed issues and topics I've heard addressed before like in stanza one, "Wahiawa no mo' Starbucks/so if you like spend tree/dollahs on one cup of coffee/gotta bus 'um Milliani or North Shore". Starbucks is expensive and I hear people complain about their prices pretty often. Although Starbucks is on pretty much every corner,  it's most likely to be found on Oahu/Honolulu. It may not be as easy to find on the big island or one of the less populated Hawaiian islands. However, the narrator goes on to say that many other things like McDonalds, 7-11 and Papa John's can be found where she lives. Starbucks isn't the end all be all. This poem was pretty easy to follow and I loved the pop culture references, as well as the slight humor throughout    ...like "So no need go Starbucks/if you like overpriced things/we get prostitutes ova hea too" The narrator feels that it's unnecessary to take a bus all the way over to the North Shore for an expensive cup of coffee because there are so many other choices near by. And if you're going to spend money on something expensive...there's always prostitutes. I'm sure there's a lot more to this poem and I'm still trying to figure it out. But those are just my thoughts so far!