Blue Buggy Land

I made a friend

In a very unexpected place

A place of blue buggy power walking

Baby bopping bulk shopping

Christmas stocking

Toe blocking

Chaos scoffing

Pill popping

Mayhem

She was second to last in line

And on and on ticked the time

The glorious groans

Were sonar pitched

But we felt them

Like an itch

I felt a smile begin to twitch

We exchanged funny words

Raised eyebrows at the absurd

Then proceeded to do the dance

The slow hustle

Hangry hop

Conveyer belt slide

Moving closer to the card reader

Chopping block

Then suddenly I spied that person

The one I hardly know

Whose name escapes as well

Politeness insisted I speak

New friend forgotten

I manage a squeak

What a fleeting moment to smile

Like the yellow face on the plaster

Forgetting consumer hell

And the silent chants crying

Faster, faster, faster!