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Patty’s Charcoal Drive-in. By: Barbara Cooker Jillian Clark AP Lit 7 09-10. FIRST JOB. bouncing pony tail. r ed l ipstick. White bowling shirt. o verflowing tray. I present each as if it were a. banquet. tight black shorts. 16. temporary.
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Patty’s Charcoal Drive-in By: Barbara Cooker Jillian Clark AP Lit 7 09-10
FIRST JOB bouncing pony tail red lipstick White bowling shirt overflowing tray I present each as if it were a banquet tight black shorts
16 temporary this ’s as as the summer sun job college -bound
It’s the BOUNDARIES B O U N D A R I E S B O U N D A R I E S LIFE of my BOUNDARIES BOUNDARIES
After the first few nights… easily. work goes
The lure of drifts through the g e a r s e THICK NIGHT AIR
And it’s at always summer Patty’s Charcoal Drive-in
Carloads of blonde and tan girls pull up next to boys in black tee shirts with s l i c k hair. RED CONVERTIBLES,
hope I for tips. s r s. t a flung carelessly as the
Each night repeats itself. Each night repeats itself. Each night repeats itself.
Towards 10 P.M., traffic dwindles. dark The pours down, sticky as Coke. light but the from the kitchen gleams like a beacon.
A breeze comes up, chasing papers in the far corners of the darkened lot, as if suddenly a cold wind had started to blow straight at me from the future- (I read that in a Doris Lessing book)
but right now, purse fat with tips, the sitting like a cheeseburger on a flat black grill, moon this is enough.
Patty’s Charcoal Drive-in By: Barbara Cooker Jillian Clark AP Lit 7 09-10