once at the new job, i said to her
it’s great that you have a park
two blocks away
somewhere to go
to get the hell away from this place
once the weather clears
she said, oh no, you don’t want to go there
the customers in this neighborhood will hound you
they stop you on the street, she said
they’ll sit next to you in the park
and bitch about this place
they’ll start arguments with you, she told me
and blame you for their own problems
their kids will run around like they do here
calling out your name, she said
you’ll never have a moment’s peace in the park
jesus christ, i said
i looked out the window of the new job
the sun was shining
and the hot blatina woman in the miniskirt on the weather channel
told me that it was going to be sixty-six degrees
i looked at the customers roaming around
and thought, you ruinous globs of horse meat
a man can’t even enjoy his lunch in a park
then i said to my new co-worker
that stuff really happen to you?
oh no, she said,
after a moment or two
i’ve never even
been to that park.
–Art by Milan Vopálenský & Esmahan Özkan
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