Thursday, May 16, 2024

The Patron Saint of Queen Street Grill, Honolulu By Trish Saunders


There was no need to duck your head

when we saw you waiting tables  

at the local shrimp grill,  

your wages so meager 

they might feed birds. 

Just tell the driver, I’ll pay next time  

and take a seat on the bus with us.


We also remember lustrous dark hair.

The beauty school will dye it for free on Tuesday.





Trish Saunders lives in Seattle, formerly Honolulu, formerly Snohomish, a small town on a big river in Washington state. Her poems are published or forthcoming in Right Hand Pointing, Off The Coast, The Rye Whiskey Review, Medusa’s Kitchen, Open Arts, and the late, lamented Fat Damsel Press. 

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