Shopping
She looked
at him with
her best
bedroom
eyes
Hung on
his every word
as he spoke
too long
and too loud
about anything
that came
into his head
Slid forward
in her seat
as he offered her
a drink said,
“Sure why
not I’ll
have another
How else
will I ever
learn your
deepest secrets
dear?”
Had him bought
wrapped up and
put away in
her purse
Was going to
keep the change
too
Alan Catlin worked for the better part of 34 years in his unchosen profession as a barman in and around the greater Albany, NY area. He has published dozens of chapbooks and full-length books focusing on his work and the people he met while laboring in the trenches of bar warfare.
