love at the Weis
we had $16.14 in a Ziploc bag
when we braved the summer heat
to buy grocery store fried chicken
the display case was empty
but a nice young man in a baseball cap
offered to fix us up a batch of dark meat
if we could wait 20 minutes
so we walked down every aisle
holding hands, reading the names
on the bottles & boxes & jars & cans
telling stories about the jams
our grandmothers used or the price of nuts
I know I’m lucky every day
but sometimes when I’m standing
in the pet food aisle watching you laugh
I realize there’s no amount of money
we could ever have in our plastic bag
that would be worth more than
spending 20 minutes at the grocery store with you
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Jason Crane
18 July 2019
State College PA
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