Checkout Counter

Gaming the System

By: Charles Giuliano - Jul 27, 2016

Checkout Counter

Fill out forms
List of meds
Take a number
Sit on bench
Look around
How many ahead
Old magazines
Christmas issues
In summer
Droning TV
Stupid talk show
Background noise
Trying to read
Book of plays
O'Neill project
One after another
Theatrical blur
Measuring time
Teaspoons in a cup
No sugar
Watch it buster
Finger pricked
Twice a day
Distracted reverie
Who went next
Into the office
Hey friggin lady
Came after me
Crank up cell-phone
Check e-mail
Stock market
Red Sox lost again
Lousy pitching
Trivial distractions
Until big time
Our card gets
Punched