he met a girl in a restaurant
it was his first night bussing
tables
management encouraged staff to dress
up
she dressed as a black cat
ballet slippers tights leotard teased her hair into
ears she did the whiskers across her
cheeks with eyeliner
he wasnt nice
he ignored her
later that evening sidestepping
each other frequently she approached him and introduced herself
they shook hands
someone taught her how to shake
hands
she was a really nice girl
he decided then itd be best he stayed
wide of her
better money off tips
they were constantly thrown ad
hoc into diningrooms
she decided to form up a group of stellar servers
and they approached him about bussing exclusively for them
they tipped him equal-share
her initiative created quite
the stir in the company
other servers were disgruntled
because none of the other bussers turned tables like him or were as attentive
to their customers
their clique ran like that
through Thanksgiving flushed with cash
management disbanded them before
Christmas bowing to bitchy servers
New Years Eve approached
he knew her better
he decided to take her down from
the pedestal he placed her on and asked her to see him New Years Eve
See you? How do you mean see you?
See me
You mean . . like be your date .
New Years Eve?
Yah Im
hoping you hadnt made other plans still
a little better than two weeks off You hadnthad
you
27 New Years later
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