No pin-up
 
 pretty boy
 
 could touch,
 
 a smile that
 
 zapped every cell.
 
 He was definitely
 
 not my type.
 
 At Least I Had Something
 
 to think about
 
 besides my dad’s
 
 less than palatial
 
 apartment.
 
 If he qualified
 
 as royalty in this true
 
 blue collar
 
 kingdom,
 
 I had zero desire
 
 to see how the
 
 working class
 
 lived.
 
 Dad Had to Go to Work
 
 Work?
 
 You’ve heard a work.
 
 You couldn’t take
 
 one day off?
 
 You don’t know my boss.
 
 Does he know
 
 about me?
 
 She knows you’re here.
 
 Your daughter