The Little Factory
Young women work for two older
women in the little chocolate factory
the young women work on tiny tables
behind the massive glass showcase of
chocolates wrapping chocolates and
smiling when someone comes through
the door, the two older women never
smile, they have hired the young women
for this, the young women will never last
at this job as the older women have done
they smile and wrap chocolate and dream
of fucking some of the customers who have
dreamt of fucking them, there is something
even more important than chocolate
Wedding
to JK & MB
Two days before
They were to be wed
He said by phone they
Had been out that day
Near the ocean, the sun
Was glorious, the hills
Were green, the hills
Had horses on them
Greetings
He’s got pizza parlors
Three of them
One is near a mountain we like to climb
But we bypass that one for the one where he works
Closer to where we live
Where he hires autistic kids to give them a leg-up
From a school he founded, all for these kids
And he doesn’t care if they are a little slow sometimes
And a little wired and a little crazed other times
They’re happy and so he’s happy
With his hunchback, stooped walk, little mustache and
Ever cheerful face
He just wants to make sure you like your pizza, and we do
Because years ago he was in the disco life
All sorts of shady businesses and partners
“We made a ton of money and spent twice as much”
He says with the biggest grin
Wearing an apron
Both his hands palms up and open
Like there was no choice
Like meeting the buddha
Kindness
We don't know the kid we shoot baskets with in the park —
he even chased our ball for us
never to be seen again
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Bob Arnold
Heaven Lake
Longhouse 2018
