gift wrapped, please

i prefer the store

to wrap

gifts

that i buy.

i have no skills with the scissors

the paper

despite

hanging wallpaper

for most

of my

unnatural life.

i can't tie a bow, or a ribbon.

i cant

bend a seam, or

fold

or cut

the paper right.

so i hand it to the lady

behind

the desk

and she smiles at me,

then arches her eyebrows

at the forty

other men

behind me in line.