dollar store

out to get
spring cleaning
supplies at the local
dollar store emporium (now
with buck food) and it must have
been shipment day 'cause there were
boxes stacked up in a lot of the aisles...
when investigating behind one for pine sol,
a lady in her 60s popped behind the wall too.

"we've got to stop meeting like this," i said.

she laughed a little and said, "Yes, we do!"

ran into her later in the store where she
was blocking the aisle looking through
for a distinct pattern on placemats or
something similar. when she was
done checking every last one,
i said, "excuse me," not
recognizing her. She
looked up and said
we were bumping
into each other
a lot. I smiled
and she did
too and we
went about
our days,
separate
ways.