"do you believe in angels?"
asks the checkout girl
with the candy-apple lips
as she slides my cheetos
(the cheese that goes crunch)
through the lurid red light of the scanner

i was expecting her to ask "plastic or paper?"
so it takes me a minute to answer

"no...
i don't think so..."

8/19/95 for Rachel


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