lunch is served

as if
starving,
the well kept
men
and women
with Gucci
bags
stand in line
for a
shrimp
on a cracker
with
red sauce,
at the local
gourmet store,
then circle
the room for
one
or two more,
filling
up
on free,
sipping the wine
from
Dixie cups,
not one, not
two,
but three.