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"Checkout Time," a poem by Hal Rice






Checkout Time


Self-checkout scares me

I might forget to put a can

In the bag

I look confused and slow

In the pet aisle

They have a new girl

(aisle eleven)

She stocks cat food

And all that

Tuesdays and Thursdays

In aisle eleven

The pharmacy is slow

I tell them I can wait




 


Hal Rice is a musician, songwriter and poet living in Nashville, Tennessee.




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