Ordinary Excrement/Alternate Time Period

Ordinary Excrement/Alternate Time Period

A coat and tie stops
a passing shopping cart

to ask if it can spare

some freedom or maybe

a few pieces of mind.

The shopping cart

ignores the intrusion

and mumbles

“quit yer job asshole”.

A group of ponytails

and short skirts peer

over a construction fence

to ogle the hard hats

as they sweat

in the late afternoon sun.

A new pair

of black Florsheims

stalk the sidewalk

in search

of an unsuspecting

pile of dog shit

or a freshly discarded

piece of chewing gum.

The desk clock

refuses to move a hand

and instead

flies a bird salute

at the pressed empty shirt

that sits in the chair

once occupied

by possibility.

SMG