The waitress hands me bulky binder
Pages upon pages of product
Big black dots for
· dairy
· soy
· egg
· corn
· wheat
Salmon burger
· no
Veggie patty
Crystal Hurdle’s most recent book, Teacher’s Pets, a novel in verse for young adults, was published by Tightrope Books in 2014. She teaches English and creative writing at Capilano University in North Vancouver, British Columbia, and is a former fiction editor of The Capilano Review.