With thanks to Allen Ginsberg’s “A Supermarket in California”
Donning mask, gloves, and baseball cap
Like a thief I go out to shop
No surprise everyone’s dressed like that
It’s kinduv fun to see all the robbers by the Cheerios
And that gaggle of felons
Keeping distance by the watermelons
But now in comes a fellow with no gear at all
Healthy-looking, asymptomatic for sure, and tall
The store grows quiet, then with a start
The thieves scurry off with their wiped-down carts
This man’s stride is sure, his smile long and bright
He’s the one likely to take your life.