You Deserve A Break Today

greasy loose ponytail
pulled back to expose a swollen cheek
and exhausted eyes
mother with swollen breasts
to match her belly
about to pop out another mouth
watches her stroller-bound son choke
on a hamburger
his arms flapping furiously
his head red
and much to large and smooth for a baby
(I figure he's close to 5 years old)
tears eek out of his eyes
eyes not really fixed on anything at all
his brother bored ignores this scene
the mother winces with palm flat
on her swollen cheek
(I imagine it's an abscess by her pained look)
she kicks the stroller,
splays her fingers into a panic'd fan a
and shakes both hands
in the choking child's face.
after an awkward moment he gasps-
and she stuffs another bite of burger
into his hole.