mother day flowers

i get in a fight with

some woman

in Safeway.

we both grab for the last

bouquet of flowers

in a bucket of water

by the cash register.

she's very strong.

but i'm able to pin her down

and ask her to say uncle.

but she won't give up.

she knees me in the groin,

then hits me with a left

uppercut to the chin.

i roll over in pain as

she jumps up and runs

out of the store, throwing

money behind her to

pay for them.

slowly, i limp out and see

her in her car

with her kids, and an old

woman who might

be her mother.

happy mother's day she

yells out, the window,

as i head off to the next store.

maybe chocolates.