haven’t punched my red cross card yet
i’m saving it for when i’m
sufficiently lonely and restless
but considering
quik trip is still open
i don’t know when that might be
because even before
sometimes when i’d get lonely
i’d make up a reason to go to quik trip
because quik trip
exclusively employs attractive polite cashiers
who want to engage with people
just yesterday that nice pretty boy ringing me up
talked to me about my dog and the weather
and smiled and made my day
three months ago that nice pretty girl ringing me up
talked to me about her favorite gatorade
and smiled and made my evening
a year ago that nice pretty man
mistook me for someone else and talked to me about relatives i didn’t have
and smiled and made my week
several times over the course of a few months last year
the beefy blond found me at the fountain drinks and told me
he was glad to see me and that i always make his night
(it’s a pheromone
i think
that makes me especially enticing to gas station clerks
whatever it is it’s a mutual appreciation
a reprieve
an anonymous pleasant interaction)
i’d feel guilty about it
except it’s so brief
you can wash up before and after and pose very little risk to anybody
i’d feel guilty about it
but from everything i’ve read it seems quik trip is an ethical company
compensates their employees well and looks out for their best interests and even has a gentleman’s agreemant with other gas stations to not encroach on their turf
i’d feel guilty
but i don’t
i need certain stimulation and i think they probably do too
I Started Late and Forgot the Dog. 
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