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Dirge for the Independent Grocer’s Movement
(Houghton Lake, Michigan)

CEE

Nine items in the condiment section,
Near hardening bread and picnic gear
It’s all                ...relish...
Hamburg’ relish
Hot dog relish
Very specific, snooty Dill, opposed to Sweet
Ketchup relish
Catsup relish
And a mustard relish...made, by, uh...
Oh, of course it is
They own all mustard on the planet,
No rush on the shelves
That’s all as I see, that’s ever been here
There’re myriad, non-name-brands
(a kind of food-based pixie magic
existing far away from cities)
Aisles in the place, bright darkness
Unsweepable tile of ground-in grime,
Hopeless since Koufax retired,
There’re wooden checkstands, no conveyor
Where wooden, smokesmelling 21-year old
Hopeless in ground-in, pastel uniform
With receipt, hands me her number,
Not even knowing my name,
She says come by after six, alone
She’ll do her Bangkok best and then,
If I decide I like being her savior
Next morning, we can leave

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