On The Job Hunt

i have a new omelette technique

whereas previously

i kept it moving

alive

like scrambled eggs

now i let it sit a bit

while i watch my phone

from the corner of my eye

then i lean the pan forward

and flip half of it up

then lean the pan back

and allow the egg

to fill in the void space

two or three times

and you’re done

i make good omelettes now

The Horseshoe on a Wednesday Evening

hollow halved peanut shells

collected in a corner

escapees of the latest sweep

and sometimes the past potential

is illuminated by the bar back

structured tightly as it is with bottled rows 

buzzing as streetcars roll by

smoke no longer hangs in the air

silent and still as a spirit frozen between songs

but the scent is still strong and the mood softly permeates

bleeding out onto Queen Street beyond

echoes of shoes hammered from iron wrestle

with seat warmers hammered by time

checkerboard sawdust tears barely 

hidden by trick windows

rattled cracked open

and consumed