Tick toque

[Achebe]

Morning.

Put on the skin, away now the half life.
Double snaps, Stripes, clogs -once there were stocks and toques. ....not sure if cooks wear clogs? the vast majority of readers will be unfamiliar with culinary allusions, they'll have to use google. as I did.
Gutfull of acid, fear, stale coffee and Tylenol. ...nice twist if the cooks t themselves are having stale coffee
A bent locker door scribed by a thousand proto Escoffiers before, kicked shut. ...nice
Broken promises and apologetic kisses forgotten, ...generic
Enter the savage arena.
Dark thoughts of mise cloud the mind... ...why mise?

A list struck through, tasks stabbed without grace. ...generic. might as well be talking about an office job.
An empty bench where my brother lifted his roll and walked, another fallen comrade.
Give me a poster of Rita and a small rock hammer, I`ll join you soon brother. ...didn't get this. Rita Hayworth was a pin up girl of the forces in WW2, but the connectiion b/w the army and a restaurant is stretched. also, what's the rock hammer about?

Old steel friend fits calloused grip. 
Muscle memory the dull ache from many walls punched.
When we were young, consumed by genius.
The craft, the graft.
Terse, Casio matrix morse, sends unrealisable dreams from the people I never can be. ....I am thinking calculators (matrix morse) but can't see the connection
Ca marche?

Overall, the allusions are too cryptic and lose the interest of the reader beyond a point.