Monday, December 30, 2019
DAYDREAM ON AISLE # 7
If you eat a doughnut
then eat it whole
if you leave a fragment
of a doughnut
then it's got no hole
it's no longer whole
it's got no soul
but I've been saved from
The Hunger
and that's what true salvation
means
the cravings for an
other
and then another
and another
there's enough sweetness in
the smile of a stranger
with her cart in the super mart
as you glide toward and then
past one another
you let your imagination
out to play for a minute
creating a scenario where
you remark that she has bought
the same kosher dills as you
and then it would begin
but
that could lead you
down the aisle
the wrong one
when you know that you can satisfy
those cravings well enough now
without the necessity
of making Mistake Number Three
so you tuck that daydream away
and glide on over to
the doughnut aisle
add to cart
proceed to checkout
and wave goodbye
Boy George's plaintive voice
echoing sweetly in your ears
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ReplyDeleteI heart you back! :)
DeleteThis is great!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jenna!
DeleteSo no more trips down the aisle for you then...they say third time lucky :)
ReplyDeleteMaybe, but it wouldn't be lucky for my poor victim--LOL
DeleteSome aisle are just to stormy to walk.
ReplyDeleteAlso, the touch of doughnut existentialism made me grin.
I love "doughnut existentialism" which you just coined. I know it will come in handy when I write my philosophy book :)
DeleteProbably a wise choice.
ReplyDeleteKnowing when to quit is an insight that, unfortunately, many others don't have :)
DeleteA wise choice indeed!
ReplyDeleteBTW, had problems here, your blog jumping all over the place - but maybe the problem's mine...
Anna :o]
It is a problem with my blog. Others have reported it also. I've tried to troubleshoot it but am out of my depth at following some of the "fixes" you will find online. It may be that I'll have to pay the local computer geek service to come out. They are expensive. So I'll keep looking into it for now. I have noticed that if you use the little right hand sidebar to scroll, it works better than trying to use the down arrow on your keyboard.But you have to play with it a bit.
DeleteUPDATE: THERE SEEMS TO BE NO PROBLEM WITH MY BLOG NOW (other than the content, of course) :)
DeleteI think also the doughnuts can bite back
ReplyDeleteWell then, they definitely should be kept on a leash.
DeleteGreat poem.
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteThose donuts can be addicting.
ReplyDeleteYes, and I stay away from them, except in moments of extreme weakness.
DeleteOff topic...I'm reading back through this site's archives and wondering about the "Parking for Portuguese Only" sign. Is that the name of a business? Parking for employees of the Portuguese Cafe?
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