Untitled (JCH -- 1991)
“I’ve been chasing fly balls all my life
Stocking out groceries
eyeing the customers
Slurping Coca-Cola in the stockroom
While all the while
There’s a world out there happening, man!”

                 --boy at fast food stand,
                          girl w/shakes in her hands
                          looks through him

                 --leaving, he takes an extra straw,
                          unaware of who or what
                          he may meet in the world...

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