BRENT GOODMAN
BRENT GOODMAN
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[ by definition ]

To move by elastic force. Something that obscures. Concerned with remote things. An issue of water from the earth. To move in a circular or spiral course. To keep vigil as a devotional exercise. A glazed structure above an opening in a roof for light. The part by which an object is attached to another. An immaterial essence, animating principle, actuating cause. An object that makes an electrical connection with the earth.


Groceries

1. She carts coffee filters thinking them paper puritan hats for her Pekinese.
2. Mistakes chocolate hearts for invitations to the theatre.
3. Jackknives her personal mobility vehicle in the soup aisle to honor Andy Warhol.
4. The overhead always speaks in 3rd person.
5. A slim stocker boy turns deaf when she calls him son.
6. She empties her everydays onto the zippered black conveyor, scans her coupon purse for expiration.
7. Wonders out loud just how much she might have saved.