\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nShe cups the chicken fat of her belly under her blue uniform<\/p>\n
before stretching it down, pins back the tanned bread roll<\/p>\n
of her earlobe with spat out gum so she can hear everything.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Then she reaches up to straighten a shelf of Coco Pops,<\/p>\n
smiles as he walks past down the aisle brushing a hand<\/p>\n
across her arse. She doesn\u2019t turn \u2013 she knows who it is.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Later she\u2019ll stand outside, bleach blonde and peach skin<\/p>\n
doused in sticky vanilla, a red pimple like a fire ant on her cheek,<\/p>\n
heels wobbling under the swell of her ankles. By ten<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
they\u2019ll be huddled over the counter in Baba\u2019s Burgers, giggling<\/p>\n
as Babba flips her brown discs of meat like beetles on their backs.<\/p>\n
They\u2019ll watch we-mouthed as white grease spits out like foam.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Right then, she\u2019ll be lightyears away from 7am, stacking tinned tuna,<\/p>\n
wearing a name badge reading Fait<\/em> because the h<\/em> has peeled off.<\/p>\nThe night is hungry, its tongue drools into the open doorway.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
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