Grocery Story

today i went to the grocery store

            and bought several organic fruits

            and vegetables so as to keep my health

tip-top i carried the little blue

cherokee card in my wallet

            there was a good deal on seltzer

            a song played

that reminded me of my ex-wife i paused and cried

by the frozen pizzas then put a frozen pizza

           into my cart i walked around the store listening to the music

           looking at the cans and stacks the weird

infinite finite nature of the grocery store it was sunny a woman softly

crying by the bread

            i am never more alive

            than when i am filling up my cart i walked more

and more through ever

-y aisle it came time to put

            my things on the conveyor belt and have them

            recorded with a satisfying beep then

pull out the small piece of plastic

with all my money on it and give it

            to the nice lady who smiled

            took my money i didn’t need to give

it to her i should have just walked out and not paid for anything

she gave me my card

            back reminded me it needed

            to slide into

the computer

which asked a few questions

            a man put my things into a bag for me

            i got into my car on the stolen land and

on the radio they were discussing

                       the Treaty

                       of New Echota