-picking-up a few things-

It's chaos

and the cells are annoying

ringing Bach-tunes
as Bach did not intend them
to be utilized.

but the carts clash nicely
in metallic harmonies
and over there, an ambulance
comforts someone on the avenue

announcing that it’s on the way.

the rationale is
that this is the world I've chosen
to step into this morning.
the Stop & Shop is brightly

fluorescent, too.

from the parking lot
she walks away
from her cloistered dog,
agonizing
at the cracked-just-enough
car window
over why the fuck he did

whatever it is she thinks he's done.

then in the aisle where the beans are,
a cellphone is ringing its snazzy rendition:

"Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben."

                                                     5/21/12