this is our supermarket
idea
two aisles
Legit beans.
screaming wind
crosses wires
transformers boom
sticks in the rain
spewing sparks
hissing
sizzling
vomiting
smoke and steam
trees topple
creeks overflow
rivers rage
we beg for it
and it comes
atmospheric rivers of it
bomb cyclones of it
avalanches of it
tornadoes of it
acute hemorrhaging
extreme
as the 9
and
the 5
our politics
our culture
flaming hot cheeto
apocalypse
pray for
the unsheltered
the strays
all victims
caught in the storm
Remove the peel, more of the same
shredding honesty, revealing more kool aid;
Sharing a meme but we don’t go and walk
seedless, no action; what an utter joke;
cheetos fall staining the floor
fighting to be embedded in our soil
orange dust poisoning the air,
Alarmed, but we stay broke and distressed
A little bit of giggle in all the fake news
we laugh but keep on moving
thinking there is nothing we can do,
How wrong we are when we sit hung over
On orange peels, cheetos and a little bit of giggle water.
The dead give away
I've been eating Cheetos
Is the bright orange powder
All over my nose
Garage Sailing Today
Buckle Up—We are Off…
Jackie, Elias, Winry and me,
Us and the kids—What fun it will be.
A Clothes rack is flying--
Move out of the way …It is a windy day.
A little girl screaming--she has a tight grasp
On my new cheese slicer...
An odd thing to want--if you are a child.
Her mommy said no--I had already paid.
I would offer to share--but it has a sharp blade.
I found a bread box—the old wooden kind.
5 bucks that is a steal…I sold it for 10--what a deal.
No said Jackie...They have enough toys...but I said
To infinity and beyond…Buzz Light Year…Is free.
From sale to sale—not much did we find.
The Children are hungry and we need some coffee.
You know Jackie’s got creamer.
Cheetos Do Fly...
I love you all dearly we will do it again sometime…
Copyright © Merri-Merri/fonda anne….
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