Service Economy Fantastique
After the
lights are ….. turned off at the
………………………………. restaurant
………… the grillcook and dishwasher
………… wait for the floor they have
………… mopped to dry in the dark to the
………… humid ministrations of eight ceiling
………… fans and two stereo speakers
………… pulsing like the throat of
………… Marvin Gaye calling
……………… GT-UP GET-UP GET-UP GET-UP
as
they wait
in dining room darkness,
dancing in place before the Nero
neon of the clock on the wall, … as the … windows
…………………………………………………… …….blush
by Michael Veve
from El Coro
University of Massachusetts Press, 1997