Saturday, August 20, 2022

the job chooses you

how did you become
a lobster
man,
i ask
the guy pulling in the steel
cages
full of struggling
brown
lobsters.
i didn't choose this life,
he says,
sucking on a cigarette,
and taking a sip
of whiskey
from his silver flask.
the job chooses you.
does it hurt them when
you boil them.
nah.
they don't feel a thing.

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