armistice day
he didn’t hear
or he did hear but ignored
as usual
he did not grasp what was a said
the annoy tannoy in the supermarket
he didn’t comprehend
why they were all standing
unmoving everywhere
while he fingered the apples on
the eleventh minute of the eleventh hour
of the eleventh day of the eleventh month
on the eleventh aisle
on the eleventh shelf
for the eleventh item on his list
but
he did notice the shelf stacker
who gave him a look that could kill
what an armistice
minute over
and the clamour laughed
as the shop ‘till you drop laid a wreath
on the aisle of the unknown shopper
eleven was the price for one
pay at the final checkout
triple points today
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