market
early in the morning to beat the rush
on tomatoes
fresh from
the local farms.
i only need one for the week,
but i hustle over
just the same.
the bins and boxes
are full
of leaf lettuce,
onions and asparagus.
sweet corn.
some have the stickers removed
from safeway
and giant,
some don't.
jugs of apple cider
are coming off the backs
of pick up trucks
by little children farmers
in denim overalls from oshkosh.
i see one couple
who have their name tags on,
Ole Joe it reads
and his wife, Sallie Mae.
they have a twang
in their speech.
custom made for the delray
market, although their faces
say manhattan.
or maybe Queens.
peeeechez are special this
year, she says,
holding a long plastic strand
of alfalfa between her teeth.
buy three, i'll give you
the fourth one half off.
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