February 9, 2012
salt on a slug


sticky from a sweaty man

in the backseat of a car,

I crawl from under a rock

into the grocery store

with my nipples obvious

in my strappy tee shirt and

legs bare in frayed blue jean shorts.

overripe cantaloupe smell

seeps from florescent lights and

groaning refrigerators.

a heap of green bananas

on the tired linoleum

waits for its appointed time.

a stock boy grins at me while

piling onions in a mound.

my hair is limp and greasy;

my eyes weary but agleam

with insolent self-loathing.

I toss orange juice, bread and

a bag of rice in the cart.

a frisson of cold spite  runs

up my spine like a whip as

a wife pinching cucumbers

opines that I’m just trash to

her voyeuristic husband,

and a well dressed gentleman

buying coffee beans and milk

offers me a ride, and we

both know what he means by that.

when the cashier lady says

that I have no self respect

I lick my lips slowly as

if fixing to suck dick in

promiscuous defiance

as she curtly rings me up.

the security guard doffs

his cap as I saunter out

waggling my ass and leaving

a glistening trail of slime

that anyone can follow. 

sandyb

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