Position Available

 

The sign had yellowed in the sun: POSITION

AVAILABLE, ENQUIRE WITHIN. I

thought I’d try my luck, thought I knew one fish

 

from another — which fork, which hammer. My

instincts were sound. I knocked, waited, then gently

eased my way in, wondering what lies

 

would be justified, what rules could be bent

just a little, and would they have a mission

for me — not the smell but what it meant?

 

 

© Michael Fleming

Brattleboro, Vermont

June 2015

 

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