Sad blueberries

A poem…

Blueberries splattered in the Dominick’s parking lot
Four dollars for them all
Tucked inside my pancakes, they are not
From my grocery cart, they did fall

I failed to double-bag
I stuffed those groceries in
my carton of blueberries
were wedged beside Wheat Thins
Why couldn’t it be apples, or an ear of corn
And not those sad little blueberries, now in the Dominick’s parking lot on Clybourn

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March 21, 2007. Uncategorized, Food Freaks. 10 Comments.

10 Comments

  1. kpedone replied:

    Awwww…..that’s so sad.
    I visualize hundreds of frowning blueberries looking up at you asking…”Why?”

    March 21st, 2007 at 8:40 am. Permalink.

  2. Miranda replied:

    Oh happy little ants in the Dominick’s parking lot!
    Uncrushed by the angry feet of the grocery-seeking mob,
    Tonight shall ye feast heartily upon yon giant orbs!
    So many antioxidants these tiny bodies shall absorb!

    March 21st, 2007 at 9:21 am. Permalink.

  3. kpedone replied:

    you people are clever.
    love.

    March 21st, 2007 at 9:37 am. Permalink.

  4. collene replied:

    so tragic! but from this tragedy, hilarious poems have bloomed! i want these published immediately!

    March 22nd, 2007 at 10:33 am. Permalink.

  5. kittyteef replied:

    I concur! I think this also calls for a haiku-off!

    March 22nd, 2007 at 11:41 am. Permalink.

  6. kpedone replied:

    blueberries aloft
    spys the cold hard ground below
    double bag, LD!

    March 22nd, 2007 at 12:07 pm. Permalink.

  7. Collene replied:

    inky blue berries
    roll fast into shopper’s path—
    their beige rug soon stained.

    March 22nd, 2007 at 3:10 pm. Permalink.

  8. Collene replied:

    or,

    step on my berries?
    better add carpet cleaner
    to your shopping list.

    March 22nd, 2007 at 3:12 pm. Permalink.

  9. Rob Colvin replied:

    Those blueberries died so that we could live.

    March 22nd, 2007 at 5:56 pm. Permalink.

  10. kittyteef replied:

    http://www.nataliedee.com/123006/now-you-will-have-the-poops-for-a-couple-days.jpg

    I think Natalie Dee has a good take on it.

    March 28th, 2007 at 5:37 pm. Permalink.

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