econ 101

    We took the dirty truck to the car wash,
and the attendant winked and said,
“This one’s on the house, hoss.”
He was surprised when you handed him
and his coworker $10 and two cigars—
pulled from the glove box of your truck.

I was uncomfortable with the expansive joy.
The three of you grinning wide.
    Big Smiles. Big Teeth.
Them lifting the cigars to the sky like Olympic torches—
perhaps their first cigars ever.

Every day they wash cars;
    Every day you smoke a cigar.
We can exchange freely what comes to us so easily.
    Strangers emerging winners. All of us. 

Is this what economy was like before
standard operating procedures
and corporate policies
took humanity out of man?

I don't know, but I'd like to think so.