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shopping alone

Shopping alone It was raining, she didn't want to go out watching the funeral of a famous singer  the mourning took all day, playing him  singing when he had hair and was youngish I drove to the supermarket that had  indoor parking. the car found its own way to the spot  reserved for the invalids, put her walking stick near the car window, so everyone could see the person's car  was legally parked, and in case someone watched me, I and walked unsteadily to the entrance of the market On my list, was a tin of peas, I found the shelf grabbed a tin, and by doing so three more tins fell to the floor, I pretended it had nothing to do with me and walked to the fruit  section looked at my note 5 bananas  There is a cluster of bananas, to get five I had to wrestle them loose  damaged  two bananas I also forgot to weigh the fruit and put the price on a plastic bag I picked up a sweet bucket of low-fat yogurt   it had a plastic handle when lifting it the handle broke. Among many things, she had wanted a bottle of beer, there were many bottles on a shelf to be safe I picked the first bottle in the line, the one alone to avoid knocking down other bottles By now I was low on blood sugar, nerves and diabetes go hand in hand At the til I paid with cash, a card was out I would forget the code monetarily I have four pockets in my trousers, two side pocket, two in the back My wallet is always in the last pocket I try Finally, I put my shopping in a new paper bag  by opened too abruptly it broke, but they kindly gave me another bag In the car, I was safe, ate some sweets and  drove out with alacrity    

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