For Every

by Justin Hyde

Biography:

Justin Hyde lives in Iowa where he attempts to rehabilitate criminals for a living. He can be contacted at jjjjhyde@yahoo.com

for every
ten-thousand
soap opera
washouts
busing tables
in hollywood

there's one
mid thirties
white male
in a town like
ada michingan
or
lenexa kansas

delivering pizzas
with three
dog-eared copies
of bukowski
on the
passenger
seat

and a
highlighter
behind his
ear.