Sunday Shopping

Who has claimed 
the highest 
perch as I lurch
into the supermarket
for more inventory
to tell my story.
Sea birds roosting

on the superstore roof, 
or cruising its parking
lot: it's what they've
got, and here's the proof.
It's not their fault
they're far from salt.
We're to blame.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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March 6, 2014 at 3:37 PM
In Bergen County, New Jersey, I have seen the stores rope off access to things that are not food or medicine. They enforce the so-called "blue laws". I think they are a bunch of hypocrites. You have a good write.
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