The apples, the berries, the pears,
the glossy foldout ad.
Later, the dubious walk
through the grocery store aisle
with your crumpled little list
and your wobbly wheeled cart.
It’s odd when you think about it,
what’s actually being sold –
enhanced product photography,
rich studio lighting,
all those screaming sirens of color –
how the finest images
are almost always wrong.
Haunted Avenues 