CHECKOUT GIRL

A pillar of salt, shampoo, coupons
you stand on special sale
on one foot and half off the second and the conveyor belt
moves under your hands dripping milk and honey,
a half pound  
of pastrami staining a Pizza Hut voucher,
LED eyes, shiny neon lashes,
an open mouth for coins for troubled youth
you’re up and down
in a white smock your face unreadable.

In the average wage survey,
you’re minimum, a shopping card,
working on holiday eves and then Saturday
someone takes your shift, you leave
and don’t look back again.

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