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1994-1996. 24 x 17 x 1, Apron, acrylic, gum bichromate.

Printed in Gum in edition of 8 at the Lower East Side Print Shop on Folio. The type, Lithos, was set on a Macintosh Quadra. Photos by Douglas Beube.
Thank you Stan. In Memory of Ted.

A college graduate
with no particular skills
was considering her
options when she stumbled upon

Philadeli, a meat & potatos,
coffee & danish, on duty
daily, South Street
opportunity.

Instantly, burgers & fries,
corned beef on ryes,
seemed perfectly suited
to a B.A. who majored in art

with a minor in obediance.

Still, her union of employment
and persona was not without problems-

this transpired, understand,
in an era before calculators
automated arithmetic.

She couldn't add-

and she dropped trays,
and mixed up orders,
and forgot her tables,
and banged into chairs,

and boggled the diners
with dyslexic totals
illegibly penned
on blue-lined receipts

until the inevitable decree-
You're fired! Fired! Fired!-
persuaded her that she
would serve herself better

by ceasing to serve.


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