Saturday, December 13, 2025

the daily grocery stop

it's a hard
decision to make,
which aisle to go through
to check out
my groceries.
am i in a hurry. am i in
a bad mood, 
do i choose
the angry
woman
wearing all black
covered
in tattoos,
who yelled at me once
for having
cash, or
the pimply teenage
kid
on his first day at the job,
wearing his
trainee badge,
or the self
serve registers, where i have
to scan
everything
and hit the help button
because i
misspelled
jalapeno again.
are you a member here?
type in your phone number.
paper or plastic?
i see a large vegetable garden
in my yard
at some point,
with cows and chickens,
maybe a pig
or two.

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