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   Wednesday, May 16, 2007

   CLEANUP IN AISLE 5

The shopping carts are cartoon yellow
Isn't yellow a frill?
Almost everything in it is blue
Bluewater fish, blue corn chips, 2% milk

Even this little kid is blue
He's whining in the cookie aisle
Running his fingers along the packages
As though they were lovers

His father marches over, steaming
He's from India, accent still thick
"We cannot afford cookies!" he shouts
He makes 'cookies' sound like something ugly

The boy is dragged away, crying
I push my cart past the security guard
His eyes follow me, his hand resting on a billy club
Has he ever used it? In the produce aisle?

I see a red-and-yellow tube on the shelf
It's bacon-and-tomato-flavoured mayonnaise
Mayonnaise with bacon and tomato already inside!
The 21st century is everything I hoped it would be

Labels: insanity, Orwell says hi, Trawna