They opened a Trader Joe’s here
The town is losing its mind
And why shouldn’t they?
This is a Big Deal
You don’t really need a car
to shop at Trader Joe’s
It’s easier without one
The parking lots
are just slightly too small
and my wife believes
there’s a conspiracy
to make them that way
but I don’t know what
the logic would be there
I should ask
You don’t even need to bring a bag
to Trader Joe’s
They sell them
They have paper bags too
with sturdy handles
that hold up well
for taking out the recycling
Not like the paper bags
at Stop and Shop
that don’t even have handles
You don’t even need to bring a friend
to Trader Joe’s
The people there are nice
and will show you where
the organic rutabagas are
and the frozen mini tacos
and sometimes they will tell you
the secrets of the universe
or go with you to Bingo
and do the edging while you mow
This now sounds like an ad
which was not my intention
and I’m not sure
this is even a poem anymore
as much as it is
a sad attempt
to get an endorsement
from Trader Joe’s
which
do poets get endorsements
or is that NASCAR
I may have made an error
I will go and eat
some organic cheese puffs
and think about my life
