Shopping

Originally published in Argot Magazine on July 13, 2018.

men
will
clock me
at the store
and get so angry
as if i’m doing this for them
like i’m fucking milk
with the wrong
label,
price,
date,
smell,
or
maybe
made of soy
when they wanted cows’
but i’m not even a product
i’m just shopping here
so fuck off
mind your
own
shit

Catherine B. Krause