the clerk
says to me
when i put my items onto
the moving belt.
i've never seen her before.,
she's a complete
stranger.
but i play along.
she smiles, i smile.
i ask her how the kids are,
how's work,
how's life?
great, she says. everyone
is fine.
that ask about you all
the time.
they miss you and wonder
if you'll ever come
to visit again.
soon, i tell her. maybe
tonight?
she holds up the bottle
of tonic water.
she winks, and says,
still with the gin and tonic,
a slice of lime?
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