The Customers

The customers come in

they throw popcorn

and candy wrappers

all over the floor

used cigarette butts

little ice cream “Nibs”
smeared across the carpet

salt and pepper packets

cups with the ice spilled over

used napkins hot dog buns Sugar Babies

they complain about the sound

they complain about the temperature

but mostly
they complain about the mice

the mice that eat
the popcorn the ice cream
the hot dog buns the Sugar Babies

the mice that sniff the cigarette butts

and decide they don’t want them

The customers come in

and the customers leave

The mice stick around

they never get tired

of Harry Potter 6

© 2009 Lee Kitzis