09-24-2016, 05:16 PM
A thousand cockroaches deep
We were working the dogs one night
when our boss dropped in, to dip some
cash from his bags. His kids came
with him, three baby millionaires.
He detailed me to mind them, keep them
safe from the dark tide that churned out
his cash – dog punters, a feared breed.
(Fucking sexist bullshit; just because
I’m a woman, I get to mind the kids.)
We watched a few races. Dogs don’t
do anything interesting, they just run.
The last result may have paid for their
higher education, but that meant nothing.
They’d never seen a cockroach before;
Wentworth Park overflowed with them.
Much more interesting. I showed them
how to squash roaches underfoot with
a tap-dance step, while singing.
I made it into a competition.
The kids had a ball, all talking at once
when he collected them. He shot me
a horrified look from his black
hole-in-the-end-of-a-gun-barrel eyes.
I’ll bet he threw their shoes away
when he got them home.
He never asked me to
babysit again.
We were working the dogs one night
when our boss dropped in, to dip some
cash from his bags. His kids came
with him, three baby millionaires.
He detailed me to mind them, keep them
safe from the dark tide that churned out
his cash – dog punters, a feared breed.
(Fucking sexist bullshit; just because
I’m a woman, I get to mind the kids.)
We watched a few races. Dogs don’t
do anything interesting, they just run.
The last result may have paid for their
higher education, but that meant nothing.
They’d never seen a cockroach before;
Wentworth Park overflowed with them.
Much more interesting. I showed them
how to squash roaches underfoot with
a tap-dance step, while singing.
I made it into a competition.
The kids had a ball, all talking at once
when he collected them. He shot me
a horrified look from his black
hole-in-the-end-of-a-gun-barrel eyes.
I’ll bet he threw their shoes away
when he got them home.
He never asked me to
babysit again.