Chatting at Pump #7

While pumping gas on a cold evening

a man appears out of no where on gas pump TV.

He starts up a conversation, offers me any size drink

in a Polar Cup that’s guaranteed to keep my drink

colder longer for only seventy-nine cents.

I mutter who wants a cold drink on a cold day?

Always a good salesman, the man on gas pump TV

offers me a doughnut for half-prize with the purchase

of any size coffee. I say gas station coffee sucks

and doughnuts aren’t allowed on my Keto diet.

Persistent, the man on gas pump TV

offers me a six pack of 5 Hour Energy for only $14.99.

I tell him that I suffer from insomnia and will need

to sleep sometime. I finish filling my tank and hang up the hose.

Upset he didn’t make a sale, the rude man

on gas pump TV leaves without saying goodbye.

12-21-19