graveyard shift
or the devil at large

nicholas moore
The men at 3am cease to be.
Instead they are jackals; they come up like vomit in your throat
They pace the aisles
With bloodshot eyes
Howling, whistling
   To the rows of milk and
Of cereal (waiting to fall into your cart)
Under fluorescent domes, poorly lit delirium      rises
Like smoke from your lungs
Shimmer, shimmer floor
Sing, sing says the pack
All box cutters and eerie looks
In passing