Interview/audition

Butter on your popcorn
“Don’t forget to smile”
small town cinema purgatory.

No crazy hair colors
Foreign body piercings
“Is that a tattoo?”

Show your arms
Stick out your tongue
“what’s that metal?”

My retainer
“You won’t be wearing-that
too much…will you?”
Cemented

Ouch
Poked and prodded for
Minimum wage
“And all the popcorn-
you can eat”