Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Joe Grieco

Trader Joe’s Parking Lot


I was born

right after the War

the people were skinny

the cars were fat,

with great big watermelon fenders

and bulging rutabaga bumpers.

We all liked that.


When Lady Liberty

lifted her skirt

to show off 

her scallion gams,

the succotash soldiers jigged and sang,

“We Won, You Know, Uncle Sam”.

We all liked that.


Now here we are,

ignominy:

the people got fat,

the parking space skinny.

Nobody likes that.


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