office depot haul

i head up

to the stationary store

to buy

a new calendar

for the new year.

what will it be this time.

landscapes.

the ocean.

cities,

or women frolicking

in bikinis on the beach.

it's an easy choice.

one to pin on the wall

near the desk

and one for the kitchen,

cathedrals in Europe

for there.

i put

some pens, some typing

paper into the cart,

a small bottle of white

out.

i look at the staplers,

blue, green and red,

mint green,

oh my,

picking them up, then

setting them back down.

and press on

to the ink cartridges, passing

by the printers

and computers,

three of them at home

seems to

be enough.

there's a big plastic barrel

of caramel corn

near the register,

i have a clerk help me

with that.

i'm done.