yellow curry
although this yellow curry came from a little plastic tub from the supermarket its coconut and chicken brought me back to that strip mall Indian restaurant near the office where I used to have lunch with my ex-team but never on Tuesday because that was Poke day and I guess my favorite thing about work always was lunch and even now I think about chowing down on Italian sandwiches near the train station and I tell stories about my friend in the Shawarma truck who gave me free falafel and I don't know if that says more about the general apathy I've had towards my career or maybe just that I always needed a midday reprieve from the computer screens and dry-as-dirt coworkers who were fine people sure but I would still rather chat with the cashiers of the surrounding cafes who at least wore their misery on their faces aside from forcing a genial expression when rotating the register to ask for a tip and I really don't mind it since I have been a cashier before too and at this rate I may be one again soon