So I'm walking
down Damen and there's a
Holsum Bread Truck stopped in front of that corner
store with the video gambling machines.
There were a bunch of orange bread sticker on the
ground. I stopped to look at them then went over
and broke a few off.
The driver, a 40-ish Latino guy, comes out as I
come up with some stickers. "Can I have these?"
He said yes, take them all, better than him putting them
back on the roll at least someone will put them to use
What are you going to do with them?
Maybe make art out of them had to say this twice.
Asked him how he liked his Job "I hate it but it's
good pay I have to do it" He said they were hiring I
should apply.
Thank You Goodbye he drives.
No thank you but my friend Tim has two babies he
hobbles around the city these days in a cast in the
middle of a weekday he is addicted to crack and
driving a Holsum Bread Truck was
too much for him.
© 1992 Daniel X. O'Neil
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