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Vegetarian Stands by the Meat Sale

Janet Kuypers
5/6/12

it’s raining out,
and no one wants to be outside.
and if they do come here,
they just want to get the bare essentials
and get home as quickly as they can.
they surely don’t want to contend
with me, just trying to make a living.

a huge clock looms at the opposite wall.
i keep glancing at the time, and think
of the huge calendar looking over new york
in Atlas Shrugged, as everyone is reduced
to merely trudging through their days.

someone just wished me good luck,
because i think everyone would rather be
sleeping than here. and it’s true.

i just glanced at that clock again.
i’m only one eighth the way
through my day. and this woman
who has chosen to not have children
has to keep smiling despite the weather
and fawn over every passing child i see.
this vegetarian stands next to the sign
saying “hot ham” is the deli sale today,
as employees place baked and fried chicken
in packages for sale behind me.

i try to smile, because it’s my job,
even though it’s raining outside,
as the second hand on the cock clicks
more slowly today.

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