The Rug - <br />we always called him that, <br />from the day we first saw him <br />sitting behind the counter of his shop, <br />Super Natural Health Foods. <br /> <br />The Rug - <br />the name sort of stuck, <br />like the hideous <br />brown appendage <br />that covered his hairless pate. <br /> <br />The Rug - <br />not the greatest advertisement <br />for his biodynamic flour - <br />a Fred Flintstone look-alike <br />with sweaty hands. <br /> <br />He's been sitting behind that counter <br />for years <br />and losing money and customers <br />for years too, <br />as the Two Dollar shops take over. <br /> <br />The final crunch came last month, <br />when a mountain of pigeon shit <br />brought the ceiling down <br />heavily and expensively <br />on his bins of organic sultanas. <br /> <br />We took him a 'goodbye' card today <br />and his flaccid face <br />flushed pink. <br />He's looking for another job. <br />I don't suppose we'll see him again.<br /><br />Alison Cassidy<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/goodbye-trevor/
