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The Protestor Buys Curtain Rods

by Suzanne Frischkorn

-he pushes a chrome cart
though Bed, Bath & Beyond
slides it between Decorative
Housewares and discount bins.
Fluorescent light and white
noise are not the same-
despite the fancy packaging.
There is nothing he doesn't need.
The cart-too small to satisfy
the 48 inch iron rods-glints
in the aisle. Brass finials spin
a song-"whirr whirr whirr."
As the sales girl walks by
he calls out
"There is nothing I don't need"

but she has rounded the corner.

 


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