the bronx: a shopping list

spinach
milled flaxseed
green platanos
the name of that person who plays the saxaphone every saturday morning to the first arcs of sunshine exploring cracked sidewalk quadrants vibrating the weeds and crabgrass in between their teeth
dr bronner's tea tree soap
a 50% success rate with the paid laundry machines
a guy on the subway who isn't doing that wide-stance seating bullshit rubbing his knee against mine in some kind of weird alphamale exultation
a senior citizen in my building who doesn't think to herself why the fuck is this guy living here every time i doom her afternoon into sharing these cramped quarters with me for 45 seconds
whole wheat potato bread
bustelo (find it on sale somewhere)
a halfway decent sushi restaurant closer than 12 bus stops away
a pair of jeans that aren't fucking bedazzled or pocked with any number of stylistic piercings and medallions
any one of ten thousand gorgeous single mothers picking up their kids from the bus stop outside the projects on webster ave next to western beef
(check out western beef the sale on canned beans is thorough)
pomegranates at the korean market where they're always so cheap for some reason
turkey coldcuts for the cats cuz they likes that shit
a handful of yellow pills from an old friend
red cabbage
some kind of weird vegetable i've never cooked but should experiment on
hair stuff although i lack the most basic awareness in what i'm supposed to do with my hair
30 people at the gym who don't stake territorial ownership on three stations at the same time
a sandwich boarded aggressive WE SELL GOLD AND DIAMONDS guy on fordham road who doesn't stab me and my complete lack of gold and diamonds with weaponized business cards
pearled barley
lentils
some free time and the resolve to render them alchemy-like into a pot of soup i won't despise after two days
a new mattress not soaked with loathing
a sidewalk not spackled with weeks of moldering dollarstore trash
something else to walk beside instead of angry or disinterested parking lots
the balls to play 3-card on fordham at least once
bleach
cheap rum
a lottery ticket
papayas
cigarettes
paper towels
the energy to stay or leave
lemons