long day short night

left work
this morning

almost hit
a dog
and a cat,
a kitten rather
on the way
home

as always, flashed
back
to trolley park
tennis ball
thud
dent
and then
teeth & foam
convulsions
is he still alive?
i may never find out
she said
it was her fault

called sleepy
spain
set alarms
for wake up
calls
stayed awake
for no reason

brb
see you
soon

memorizing

quickly now,
before work
i want to spit it out
in your hot soup
as you scream for service
that you pay for,
that pays for me to live
in houses that are way too affordable
but i'm thankful
for any sort of employment nowdays
even if its memorizing who gets
ice in their water
or the numbers of vegetables
or the last name of the ten million melissas
its just 10 dollars for every hour of labor
that i sweat out
but at least this time around
i'm getting paid for all the bullshit
that goes down in the kitchen
and somehow
i keep falling for these traps.