Counterfeit Test
Counterfeit Test
by Larry Jones
I gave the cashier
a fifty dollar bill
for my burger and fries.
She held it up to the light,
decided it wasn’t counterfeit
and gave back my change,
two tens and a twenty.
I held the twenty
up to the light,
that’s when my wife stormed out.
The cashier
never said a word,
just gave me a look
as if to say
what
a
fucking
idiot.
Now I want to go into a McDonald’s and order the fries just to test them in front of the cashier and declare that “I’m sorry sir- these fries are counterfeit. I can’t accept them.”
Somehow, I can relate. You captured a real moment poetically.
Thanks JR, Thanks Halifax and Thanks H & H.