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Being Fired From The Sheet Metal Shop By An Ex Lover

Doug Draime

Hammering the tin flat,
I could feel her eyes
watching, traveling up
and down my body,
from the office overlooking
the machines.

She walked down the stairs
into the work area
with my check in her beautiful hand.
Her thick black hair shinny
and pulled back
tightly into a bun.

The sheet of tin held
snug in the automatic vise,
I continued to hammer.
But then I felt her closer,
smelling the Tabu she wore,
feeling the heat of her body.
I looked up wiping
my brow.

Her cold, dark eyes were slamming
into my mine:
“We’re gonna have to let you go”
I pointed down at my gym bag
“I took my stuff outta my locker this morning,
I figured this was coming”
She didn’t say a word, just handed me
my check, turned and walked away
in her tight white mini skirt.

As she walked back up the wooden stairs
a couple of guys on the other machines,
grabbed their crotches,
one stuck his tongue out intimating
cunnilingus.

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