smells okay

the bells go
off in my head to not
buy the crab
meat stuffed into
a plastic tub with an
orange marked down
price
sticker on the lid.
I pick up the tub
an spin it around
for a thorough
examination. sell
by Friday, which was
yesterday.
I give it a smell
and shake it.
a pound of lump
crab meat from somewhere.
it's hard to read
where,
the print is too small.
how can you go wrong
at four dollars
and ninety seven
cents for a pound
of lump crab meat?
but you go down
the pharmaceutical
aisle to pick up
a few
gastronomical aids
just in case.