Act of Defiance
Once,
when I was eating a meat feast pizza
on my own in Manchester,
three guys came up to the glass to
laugh at me.
I opened my mouth
in an act of defiance and
showed them the results of my mastication.
The big guy looked puzzled and
tilted his head-
the way a dog does.
The guy at the back grinned and looked
embarrassed.
and they walked on.
Rod Zimmerman 5/4/99
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