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Osama Bin Laden Is Alive and Well
and Working Late Nights
at a Seven-Eleven in Chicago

Don Hargraves

From eleven p.m. to seven a.m. he serves customers looking
for a twelve-pack of beer or some late-night munchies.
At quarter to two he locks up the doors in front of the Alcohol
and tells the customers in his quiet, kindly voice
“Sorry, we’re not allowed to sell beer after two
try a nearby bar, some stay open until four.”

At half past three, after he’s done
with mopping the floors and restocking the pop,
a couple of women enter the store,
pick out bottles of Jolt Blueberry Soda,
and walk up to the counter.
Osama says “Women, why do you advertise your shame?”
They reply “Our shame is of being with nonbelievers.
Only when this nation bows down to Allah
shall we have the honor of hiding our shame.”
The women then update him
on the happenings on his network.
Osama replies with plans and orders,
then with a final “Allahu Akbar”
the women purchase the Jolt Sodas
and leave the store by three forty-five.
Osama then does some straightening of the store
to make it ready for the morning commuters.

Sometimes he wonders about the extent
of his new plans: Subways in St. Louis,
Train tunnels in Colorado, Dams walling off the Achafalaya –
who would have thought there was more to the US
than New York, Washington DC and Los Angeles?
His thinks about a Chicago building that, if hit,
would cause more damage than anything in New York
and smiles the smile of a man with enough time to wait.

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