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Supermarket Blues


by Jerry Ratch


Man on aisle nine looking for the answer to cancer 


Will the partially clothed couple on aisle four please put the rest of their clothing back on 

If you are finished doing whatever it was you were doing? 


Man on aisle five trying to imagine 

While peeking between the cereal boxes 


Hootie and one of the blowfish on aisle three 

Bring a mop please 

Lightning and thunder on aisle thirteen 

Man washing his hair with gasoline 


Chasing all the shopping carts 

Half way down the block 
Gotta beat the time clock 

Gotta wear a blue smock 
One day sales 
Buy something for your nails 
Frozen lobster tails 
Day-old snails 
Screw the parking meters 
Get some Egg-Beaters 

 

Got those supermarket blues 

Gotta get me some shoes 

Go sleep in a dumpster 

Take a big snooze 

Hit a party 

Drink some booze

I got nothin' 

So I got nothin' to lose 


Chasing all the shopping carts 

Half way down the block 
Gotta beat the time clock 

Gotta wear a blue smock 
One day sales 
Buy something for your nails 
Frozen lobster tails 
Day-old snails 
Screw the parking meters 
Get some Egg-Beaters 

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