Friday, November 6, 2020

the local butcher

i go the local butcher shop
and stare at the long glass enclosed
counter. it's
full of red meat and fish, 
poultry.
the men are busy sharpening knives
as I take a number.
the walls are painted white.
the floor is black and white.
it's clean
like an operating room might be.
there's a bell on the door
and a picture of a pig on the wall.
a fat man
in a bloody apron,  yells at me
and says,
what's it gonna be.
we've got some rib eyes just cut.
you look like a rib eye kind of guy.
how could he possibly know that?

No comments: