2 POEMS BY Robert Beveridge

Give Generously
CW: sexual assault, murder (implied), cannibalism (implied)

the girl at the Chik-Fil-A counter
doesn’t look old enough to drive
but that doesn’t stop the customer
from wrapping a 20 around his dick
before he slaps it down. She calls
her manager, who emerges
from the back all smiles, reveals
teeth filed to points as she asks
if she can be of assistance.

Later, over mops, the two women
discuss the idea of approaching
corporate with an idea
for a new breakfast sausage.

~~~

Wheel of Fortune

The truck runs, at least well enough
to get to the motel. Won’t need stripped
for a while. Nothing left to do
but grab an Iron Dome coffee, snacks, the woman
you intend to tie up tonight.
“No extra charge for the cream,”
the counter boy says through his
sepia lipstick, batting his eyes.
“No extra charge at all.”

~~~

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