Lunch Break
Shoppers shift in and out
down lane
up aisle
sweeping eyes
seizing
life sustaining shelf stock
greeted at deli by saintly smile
thin slice conversation
wax wrapped
with turkey and provolone
ripe overflown
deli dumpster scraps
fly swarm over sour
sun warmed
honey baked ham
passing through dull dream dungeon
dreary dry stock
tight wrapped, stacked upon itself,
waiting for tomorrow's
high priced
short lived
shelf life
Enjoying a soggy pineapple
parking lot picnic
Back alley behind the dumpsters
watching
Pepsi and wonder bread trucks
idly unload.
Shoppers come and go
to and fro
jagged rattling
metallic carts
rolling over rugger craters,
moonscape puddles
atop the rocky asphalt terrain
feeling the grease washed from my brow
by the mist of Friday afternoon rain
Swirling and circling
carnal clockwork
the city hawk like a pair of hungry eyelashes
coasts over the highway in search
of warm heart beating prey.
Any moment It'll touch down
to carve its raptor talons into
the quiet fleet footed
flesh and fur of an
unsuspecting innocent.
Wage with fate
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poem by Gregory Allen Uhan
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