Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Texaco

 

Texaco

It was freezing, but he needed gas, so he pulled into the Texaco.

The first card was declined, but the next one worked. He pulled out the nozzle and started gassing up.

He was bone-tired. At 57, he was too damn old for construction work, but it’s all he knew. Retirement was out of the question. He’d be working till the day he died.

“Dead end job till the day I die”, he thought sarcastically to himself.

Leaning against the pump as the tank filled, covering the “No smoking” sign with his shoulder, he lit up a cigarette. “YOLO, motherfuckers.”

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