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On the Fast Lane

Frank De Canio

My wife goes back for a brie, olives and anchovies.
There’s a new refrigerator to match the dining room
set; maybe even two, before the move to the large
apartment down the street. There’s a house in the suburbs,
not far from the grand opening of the new supermarket
before the kids return shouldering their own
and holding, with the daily news, a series subscription
to the opera. “Grimes” ends with a slow curtain on a sun
that hovers on the horizon. I, too, sailed on ships
that docked at a few foreign ports, unloading weary
passengers. But I’m close to home now. The cashier
tallies produce which I purchase with a credit card. A few
items have to be taken out of my shopping cart,
though no child’s sitting there, and I’m left
with two bags of milk, veggies and cold cuts
that I’ll schlep back to an empty flat.

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