Every time the door alarm goes off
and another customer pretends
to be deaf and you look at me
behind the register
and I look at you
at the security desk
and we both know
the shitty demagnetizer is at fault,
but we frown at each other anyway
for having the easy job out of the two
I wonder why we never discuss it,
leaning against the wall by the book drop bin
making efforts not to drag in unison.
