Have a Nice Day

Based on a true story.

Sometime after the Have-a-nice-day,

After the swish

   of a smarter doorway,

After the shuffle

   of bags, like cards,

After the honks

   of impatient cars,

After the sidewalks

   evolve into road,

After the turns

   shake up my load,

After the front door

   is unlocked at home,

I realize.

She shortchanged me.

Reviews

[Fran Marie]

Its like a juggling
act getting
groceries unloading
to the counter to
the cart to the car
then hone unloading
putting away omg
who wouldn't go
insane multitasking
and then forgetting
or losing m y cell phone
but I always been lucky
enough someone found
it and turned it in
and now you have
to do it all beneath
a mask ..lol what fun
huh?..

[Relic]

I had that happen to me too. I called the store and told the manager.

I also recall getting halfway home from the supermarket and realizing I forgot my calculator in the shopping carriage after unloading the bags. I went back but it was gone.
I felt terrible for days. Life goes on though.

[John the Baptist]

Behold the lot of the modern shopper. Why is it always after you get home that you realize what has happened?

[Anni Pon]

Always! It's just a law of the universe, I guess. I've never actually gone back to do anything about it, though.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Oh I have had this happen, but one of the worst events this reminded me of was when
I got home late on a Thursday night from Kroger, and realized I didn't have my checkbook.
I had left it outside in the parking lot on a cart.
I never drove so fast on our little country road to get back there.
And sure enough, there it was...still on the cart...what luck.
I was both relieved and beating myself up...breathing a sigh of relief and laughing at the same time.
I like the irony of the speaker battling the traffic to finally get home, relieved to be there, and then
after all that, finding out the cashier had been short on the change...but that her mood was aptly changed.
j.

[Anni Pon]

Wow, I'm glad your wallet was still there! I'd like to think most people would return a wallet or checkbook to it's owner if they found it, but I know that there are some out there who would certainly take advantage of it.

[Garrett Leatherman]

Very well chosen words. They aren't many but they nonetheless created a vivid image in my head for an otherwise dull, everyday atmosphere.

[Helen]

I like the style of this poem and the humour. The style makes the ending a surprise and I identify with the frustration, but find it funny too

[Anni Pon]

Thank you for the review! I'm glad you found it funny! It was meant to be a kind of shock, breaking up the monotonous rhythm of daily life. And something almost everyone can relate to