Supermarket Bernadettes

by Emily Gaskin

Originally published on June 1, 2003

We see him in our toast,
in dry wall and potato chips,
in tea leaves and alleyways,
in water stains and, yes,
the occasional abduction scenario,
and he reminds us
in the produce section
amidst the bananas and the pears,
with a well-hell
and a pelvic thrust,
that we will always find a way
to resurrect the useless
and the ridiculous
in ourselves.
We wail him, [...]