Will

In English

we place a noun

meaning fixed purpose

before our verbs

to create the future

tense.

Here, in the private life

my team invents,

I’m in a floodlit kitchen

like the set

of an old-time ad

for Tide

and I am chopping

something.

Isn’t this the past

perfect?

Should I feel nostalgic?

This corn is highly

leveraged

and I’m wearing

a pink slip.