Todd Milstead Poet Enclosed Rhyme

Ebt Blues

I saw the sign said 
"20 items or less"
So I jump in it ready 
to get out of this mess. 

When the couple in 
front tries to pay 
with cash.
They get a 
lesson on how 
debit is fast.

Then comes the lady 
next in line, with a 
cart full of junk food 
and a little kid crying.
 
She unloads the cart 
while texting someone
There goes Item 30 then 31.

  
"Was that my daddy"
Mom says yes, 
"He's trying to 
explain why I aint 
got my check"

The girl says I love 
him with all of my 
heart. Mom says 
"Whatever" as she 
unloads the cart.

I stopped count at 
33 and heard the cashier ask 
what form of 
payment will it be?

The lady says 
nothing,bags her last frozen pizza.
"And I say to myself 
what a wierd 
looking visa"?

She then swiped it 
twice and typed in a number 
"And said is it the first? 
I can never remember".
  
I'd been waiting so
long my family was lonely
Whole lot of trouble for 
 milk and baloney.

Maybe this store should 
consider more people like me,
And dedicate a line to just EBT?

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