Saturday, December 20, 2025

heading to the mall, Town Center

i wake
up sweating. i suddenly
realize
that
there's only five days left
until
Christmas.
do i really
have to go to the mall
and start
shopping.
do they still have malls?
is it too late
for Amazon
to deliver before the 25th?
quickly i get
dressed
and rush down to the mall,
which is now
called the Town Center.
is there a
Spencer's in there,
a Radio Shack,
an Annie's Pretzel,
and a Cinnabon?
what about the food court,
where tiny
aggressive women
reach out to you with
fried pork
on toothpicks.
is there a Sears, a J.C. Penny's,
a Britches
of Georgetown?
Woodies?
Kinney's or Victoria Secrets?
what about
the massaging chairs
near the fountain?

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