half-gallon milk
OJ with pulp
1 dozen eggs
& Bouillon cubes
*
bone-in pork chops
Rainier cherries
3 kale bundles
2-ply TP
*
cottage cheese
heavy cream
fingerlings
& Cosmic Crisps
*
red handbasket
union pin
his apron
smile
*
& your receipt (don’t
speak)
Joe Nasta is a foodie and poet vibing in Seattle. He has whispered four books of poetry into the world: I want you to feel ugly, too (2021); agony: love pomes (2022); blur/screenshot memories of platonic lust (2023); and salt-water poems (2024). He is the author of Halve It (2025), a collection of short stories available wherever books are sold. Ze is an associate editor for Elizabeth Ellen's Hobart. He used to work at Bert's Red Apple grocery store in Madison Park, Seattle.
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It ended like every other stupid idea. Badly, and alone. I’m researching digital confession ethics, he said. A tech ethicist. He gestured at floating data I couldn’t see then pulled out a physical notebook. Actual paper, fountain pen. He held it up like he was showing me scripture.
By Nicky Frankly3 days ago in Fiction
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What a fun idea! I liked this ingenious grocery shopping list poem. 😁