Some things learned in the grocery store this afternoon

Adventures are what we make them.  I have never seen onions being vacuumed before.

The blackberries were three containers

For the price of one.

Eyebrows raised,

We bought them and will wash them

Thoroughly.

The onions were in the process

Of being vacuumed.

Is there a special produce vacuum?

Better yet

An onion vacuum?

We didn*t see.

We asked and were told

Loose onion skins

Make the display messy.

There were packs of ping pong balls,

(No paddles)

Next to the soft drinks.

No explanation

But I*m sure I can come up with some sort

Of a connection.

Twenty-five minutes in the store

I practiced seeing what food looks like

In a partial seizure

Eyes wide open.

I read Smart Bran

As Smart Brain,

Openly wondered how a cereal

Could make such a promise.

Come to think of it:

How can a cereal

Be smart?

This wasn*t even

What my mother-in-law would call

A hotsy-snotsy grocery store.

Now we are home.

The blackberries are thoroughly washed.

I consider vacuuming the onions.

The Smart Bran is on top of the refrigerator

With its ambiguous promise.

I remember how much I used to enjoy

Ping pong.