Elvis Sighting - I

driving to Columbus on I-77
I stopped at a roadside rest
to take a leak
this baby blue caddy
parked there
with its hood up
an old guy
with long grey hair
asked real polite-like
if I had jumper cables
could he use them
since I did
we jumped his battery
never realized who it was
until he said thank you,
thank you very much

Ruthanne
West Salem Ohio


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Elvis Sighting II

I was working the window
at Burger King on route 42
near the dragstrip
one Sunday afternoon
this southern-like voice orders
4 Whopper's, 4 fries, 2 extra large cokes
pulls up to the drive thru
in this baby blue caddy
windows tinted black
the driver side rolls down
it's Elvis behind the wheel
asked for extra ketchup
hands me a twenty
says keep the change
ma'm
then drrives off

Shirley
Lodi Ohio

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     Julie is a wage slave holed up in Ohio, and writes poems on company time. Some of which can be found on the web and in small inconsequential print zines. She is working on a chapbook to be sold at Border's, in the parking lot, out of the trunk of her car.