remove all items from the belt

you move
your gala apples
to the belt
after
the scale
weighs them
and then
a women
politely
in that disembodied
voice
tells you
to do so.
but the asparagus
won't
go. please
wait for help
the voice says,
remove all items
from the belt.
the light
blinks, the line
backs up.
people are
cursing in several
languages.
you want to tell
them that it's
not your fault
that it wasn't
your idea to
buy asparagus in
the first place. you
don't even like
asparagus,
but to no avail.
as you wait for help,
you begin to sweat
you look at what
else in in your cart
that could be trouble.
are those seedless
grapes, or globes
with seeds.
are they organic
bananas or
your run of the mill
antibiotic
injected ones?
what about that lettuce,
romaine?