Wednesday, June 5, 2024

a grilled cheese sandwich

i look
at the bill that the waitress
has brought me
for a grilled
cheese
sandwich and a coke.
the food
and drinks are there.
then a fee
for 
something
i don't understand,
an added
gratuity.
taxes,
city, state, local,
federal.
some other hidden charges
are added on
as well.
something to do with
Covid
and the board of health.
twenty dollars should
do it,
but it leaves
me nothing for cab fare.


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