Sunday, June 5, 2011

Neighborhood (Continued)


Cart Wheels

Elbows straddle shopping cart.
I arch forward, threading aisle 
of my local QFC.
 Bent knees contort in half-prayer,
I carefully avoid on-coming shoppers.

From my corner eye,
I scan my paper scrap 
scrupulously laid in the corner tray...
my list of “must-halves”
and “forget-it-not
or thy kingdom come.”

I ponder.  Make mental notes.
What did I miss?
Where doooo…they stock
the jars or dried tomatoes?
What the hell are “whole walnuts?”
Are those “with or without a shell?
When is a walnut whole?
Damn!  Overlooked the half ‘n half, 
I backtrack to the Dairy Section.

At checkout,
The clerk asks:
Did you find everything?

“Of course.  No problem!”

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