Hamish’s Boulangerie
You shouldn’t flirt
with your employer
when you are fourteen
even if he’s only thirty.
with your employer
when you are fourteen
even if he’s only thirty.
Be careful of your fingers,
he’d warn in Glaswegian
when I used the machine
to slice pastrami for the baguettes.
he’d warn in Glaswegian
when I used the machine
to slice pastrami for the baguettes.
It was early in the morning.
If I forgot to bring a hair tie
we’d wait until the chemist opened.
He’d give me a dollar from the till.
If I forgot to bring a hair tie
we’d wait until the chemist opened.
He’d give me a dollar from the till.
Nothing fancy, not a scrunchie!
I could have used string.
Framed in his rusted mirror
I’d try a different style.
I could have used string.
Framed in his rusted mirror
I’d try a different style.
You have beautiful hair
he’d said once while I rinsed
chocolate off a mixing bowl.
Long and shiny, like my wife’s.
he’d said once while I rinsed
chocolate off a mixing bowl.
Long and shiny, like my wife’s.
