ZOE

 
I picked up all the cheap stuff in the supermarket
And another bottle of wine
and headed to the checkout.
I spotted one that looked very empty with a young girl on it.
 
I was tempted to ask her
whether she got fed up
always being the bottom of lists.
The urge passed and then I asked her how her day had been.
She told me it had been long
but that she got off at nine.
I asked her if she was going to do some partying later.
She told me that she had no one to party with.
 
I could have said one of a hundred things
but in the end
I said nothing.
 
As we finished
I thanked her and we gave each other a long look.
Then I went to the video store.
As I walked in
a ginger haired girl followed me in.
Two American women were in front of me.
One of them stepped on my toe.
As I walked around
I noticed another ginger haired girl, then another.
I have never seen three ginger haired women together before.
As I walked out with no dvds
I saw the ginger
who had followed me in.
I got into my car
and headed back to my cold house
alone.

by Marc Carver

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