Crackling voices cackle
the way aluminum foil tears
the enamel from one's back tooth-

Bumps and excuse mes
crowd through aisle.
Bile pushes the steel carts.
Consuming like dragons the
card board boxes and tacky
plastic bags.

A belly-ache
for the beast paid for
in greenish-grayish paper
that looks like its been
stepped on or crushed up
some shopper's epithet.