Sunday, May 4, 2025

On The Way To The Breakdown

The boss called me and account executive,

I was really in phone sales.

I paid my rent off advertising commissions

from food and meat processors like Bernie's

Bagel Dogs, Budget Gourmet, and 

Totino's Pizza Rolls.

I schmoozed meat packing executives

at dinner meetings for advertising space.


Eventually I began to think

about the food chain:

the life, the death, methods of slaughter.

After all, I was a card carrying

member of PETA.



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