Retail Hostess

 
Like a good hostess
I serve you sales and other deals

In lieu of salt and pepper
I offer you our rewards program
to earn coupons and then there's
the credit card for an extra
10% savings but 15% on some occasions

You politely decline but sometimes
you’re interested in the rewards
The program’s free and you already
spend money on diapers and gates
and other baby products like tubs

We smile in between me
watching the clock on the monitor
The digital numbers seem to have halted

But I’m happy talking with you about
your babies either born or unborn


When you leave I'm shocked that
only a minute has gone by
and on a weekday there aren't
too many customers coming after you

Introduction

Here is where I'll post my fiction and poetry and any other writing, like personal essays and I welcome any feedback that you, as readers, can give me.  I'm realizing that being a writer means being brave.  For lent this year my goal is to take chances, take risks and do what I can to succeed as a fiction writer and a poet.  I'll also include writing prompts, ones I've made up and found prompts.  I think prompts are the best way to get writing.  My previous blogs were about me as a writer, and I tried one with fiction, and I'm trying again, but I'm including poetry, since that's also a passion of mine.  My first blog is coming soon.