Emily went to the same market every week,
where the cashiers in black button
down shirts took her card and charged her
no money at all. Emily sloped into scurvy
as the weeks curved their way down the year
and the cashiers did not say anything
because they were students, and Emily wore
fingerless gloves she'd taken the fingers off of herself
with her own hand. She held out her card
every week with her left hand and
took it with her right hand that did not wear a glove.
Emily went to the same produce section every week
where her left hand took round citrus fruits
and placed them in the cart. Emily could not bear
looking down to see her cart emptying,
as every week her right hand, under
the sightless and mute shadow of her left hand, took
the fruits out and put them back in the bin.
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