The Ancient Modern
Passing Through / Joshua Alan Sturgill
RECEIPT paper. they say it’s coated
with a plastic that invisibly passes
through your fingers and turns
to estrogen. All day I ask do you
want your receipt? and they say yes
and the printer shudders out instant
words and numbers THANK YOU
and we touch the paper together then
they hurry away with their groceries
and I wonder about how plastic FOR
SHOPPING can be estrogen and
what bodies are and how much plastic
is right now turning to estrogen
in the tap water WITH US
and I wonder will it matter that I
am so close to so many people
passing on the highway, passing
through my check-out line, crowded
VALUED CUSTOMERS in
restaurants and bars, hundreds
of WE APPRECIATE YOUR
BUSINESS people every day so
close to me THANK YOU THANK
YOU but I never know their names
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We handle this Bisphenol A
We know it not
It knows us well
It kisses our future
It knows our futures
The silent kiss it offers, this synthetic estrogen
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