A man anda girlfriend?
Maybe.
They talk about her ex. Then
"So Sheila Dixon's on trial.."
"Yeah, I think she knew what she was doing,
stealing those gift cards."
Me too, me too.
Then the guy says,
"I got fired."
Qualify that.
"I'm going to be fired."
"How do you know?!"
"Last one hired, first one fired.
That's me."
Recessions, cut-
backs.
"I just know it."
She suggests he hunt in another county-
always the solution- isn't it?
Look somewhere else.
He is a firefighter.
He's also an asshole.
But maybe he has a right to be.
"No way out."
Didn't go to college, he's young
He says something crude-
incendiary.
I turn around. He catches me.
"Hey, you! Yeah, girl with the
white polo-
fancy laptop!"
[oh God
I must look so privileged
careless
self-righteous]
I face him again
"Yeah, you--
What the fuck are you looking at?"
Is it cursing if we just borrow someone else's words?
Words are Simmering embers, Glowing, Burning-
one less person to put them out. Pour on some gasoline.
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