TALES FROM THE RETAIL WARS: Inspired by Howl by Allen Ginsberg and a Day Off
HOWLING IN THE WORLD FOOD AISLE - HOPELESS ROMANTIC LOOKING FOR PRICE CHECKER WHO DOESN'T MIND LOSING WHAT SANITY THEY HAVE.
I saw the best minds of my generation go mad at price checking the blueberries, OH NOZE, THEY SUPPOSE TO BE 97 CENTS AND COMING UP 96 CENTS! WHAT CAN WE DO?
Beep! Beep! Goes the machines, trying to catch up, before the Oko Monsters come beaming, trying to find a mistake so they can jack off onto their exception reports, crack of doom.
I seen the obscene, unshaven masses, marching towards the bread aisle, looking for the Hostess Twinkies, but they ain't there, they've gone away, gone from America, there's no hope, it seems, without the cream, so they continue moving towards nothing, yakking, crying, Brandy at $9.97 sold out, so they go for even cheaper beer, that has meat at the bottom of the can.
New Jersey to Seattle, the suffering continues, migraines in the minds of some fellow, who never smoked, tried to have sex a few times, but lost his virginity to a door stop. Idaho? Only for the right price.
Mad in Baltimore, price checking the enemas for the management team, but he only has enough for one set, so they'll have to flip a coin to find out who goes first, then the last man, can go and find some more ice water for their enema, hot sauce chaser afterwards....
The madness continues, even after I leave, the insanity continues through the asylum, even those who are suppose to be sane, lost it over a blueberry on the floor, squashed into a purple stain, madness there.....I awake, day off, still thinking of the packages of Jesus candles sitting at clearance price at $2.95, light the Virgin Mary candle to become whatever, all for $2.95, Mexican Cola 50 cents.
Buy a mark down turkey sandwich with extra mayo, walk outside, smoke a cigarette, even though we do not smoke, but do today, cause Jesus candle said so, better than opium...
(Inspired in part by:)
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Comment by CreekEnd_UK on January 17, 2013 at 11:44am -
Finding a virgin isn't easy in some countries either..................
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Comment by Shelley Smith on January 17, 2013 at 11:36am -
WT is Mexican Cola??
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Comment by Jason Giecek on January 16, 2013 at 11:23pm -
Creekend, sniffinf the Virgin Mary is a crime in some countries!! Thankfully not ours!! :D
Steve, yeah, we need a new Howl, something to make the people, well, the people are kind of dead so....:D
Yeah, the Jesus candles aren't popular over here, never see any lit around. They for sale, along with Mexican Cola, but well......only I and a few of my friends buy that!! Damn people don't know what they're missing!!:D
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Comment by Steve S on January 16, 2013 at 11:08am
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Jason - nice piece. Always liked Howl.
We need another Howl since IMHO it is now a different American idol that devours the souls of young men.
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CRUK - Its something mostly catholic Americans picked up from Mexicans. This is the scene in front of the old Spanish Mission in Los Angeles (Yes, FRed(tm) that is where Zorro buckled his swash).
It's usually the Virgin of Guadelupe on the candle glasses.You also see these at the site of previous fatal traffic accidents. Around Sacramento, you can almost say that every day is the Día de los Muertos.
This kind of thing adds a little magic to our otherwise dull country.
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Comment by CreekEnd_UK on January 16, 2013 at 9:50am
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" a virgin Mary candle" ? Well that's not something to be sniffed at.
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