SUPPLY CHAIN > POETRY
Babysitter
Lawn-mower
Cigarette butt picker-upper
Plumbers’ gopher
Flower arranger
Children’s activity worker
Medical records clerk
Car-washer
Apple-raker
Pizza-maker
Pizza-deliverer
Comic book archivist
Pet-and-child chauffeur
Freelance editor for a would-be pick-up-artist
Pizza-cook again
Hotel housekeeping laundry-worker
Hotel receptionist & security guard
Camp counselor for summer camps
College tour guide
Visit office assistant
Vacuumer of dormitory staircases
Social media officer for a Chinese fashion brand
Waitress, again
Scrubber of toilets
General dogsbody
Comms assistant
Waitstaff, this time
Pizza-whatever-er
Editor, again
Landscaper, hauler of woodchips
Housesitter
Dogsitter
Catsitter
Plantsitter
Accompanist
Writer
Erin Clark is a queer American writer and clergywoman currently based in London, England. She grew up in the rust belt and until two years ago, has done more years in pizza-shop kitchens than in any other job. Erin’s current life is a combination of the TV shows Rev, Spaced, and The Office. Her poems, stories and essays have been published in journals and magazines on both sides of the Atlantic, including the Oxonian Review, the New Critique, Geez, Pilcrow & Dagger, The Hour and elsewhere. She is the author of the nonfiction Sacred Pavement (2021, That Guy’s House), and can be found online at emclark.co or on Twitter @e_m_clark.