A New Name

I always have different names at work.

Hey you.

Jay.

Jane.

Joanne.

Joelle

Just the lady that I am looking for.

I suppose that I should not complain that I am the person the customers look for when they are unable to find something. Or if they cannot remember what aisle something is in.

I have gotten so bad about it that I will overhear people talking and tell them what aisle they are looking for. I have done it when customers are asking other cashiers or employees without thought. I just know where most everything is. And if I cannot find it I will find someone who will.

Today a customer asked me for bruschetta mix and I was racking my brain trying to think where we might have the mix. I know there is nothing in grocery or at the very least almost 100% positive. We are standing next to the hummus and spinach dips and pasta and just as I am about to admit defeat I discovered I was standing right in front of it.

The best one though was on Friday. Made me smile and I do believe that I am going to get it put on my name tag.

Oh Wise One.

I love it.

July 31/22

Words & Power

Remember

she whispered

voice choked with pain

remember always my child

words have power

you must be careful

do not use for gain.

Beware the urge to scream into the storm

sending into that tempest

your victim’s name;

for out it will ride

blowing on the slightest breeze

until it finds that person

bringing them to their knees.

Take care with the whispered passion

shadows will take

twist

make it so

they will become a chain around your ankles

doting even as you lay dying.

Stay your hand

when it waves in the air

for even fingers talk

giving voice to the feelings inside

releasing them with nature’s force

to take revenge on all those…..

here she stopped,

I held her hand,

tightly in my own,

as gasping out her last breath,

clouded grey eyes

seeking mine with urgency…..

Remember child

words have power…..

used correctly the world will be at your feet…..

used incorrectly and you will hang at the end of a noose.

©July 30/21

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