From the horror of Walmart<\/p>\n\n\n\n
to the wonder of the fishmonger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Just like that, everything can change<\/p>\n\n\n\n
if someone can shoot some sparks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I want a pound of smoked salmon<\/p>\n\n\n\n
from the Charleston seafood shop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I stand at the counter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The fishmonger hands me the package and rings it up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She wears:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
bangles and spangles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
green stocking cap,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
high waist, faded jeans,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
long-sleeve white t-shirt<\/p>\n\n\n\n
with a logo of a Chinese restaurant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A recent thrift store find<\/p>\n\n\n\n
in San Francisco<\/p>\n\n\n\n
she tells me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Who is this fishmonger?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is this ensemble?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is the word for it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Style!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n What is the word for hers?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Groovy.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Can anything be groovy in America these days?<\/p>\n\n\n\n I stare at the answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It’s smiling through the sweet lines of maturity<\/p>\n\n\n\n of someone who predates the Age of the Internet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I tip for the ensemble,<\/p>\n\n\n\n tip for the sparks,<\/p>\n\n\n\n tip for the sweet lines,<\/p>\n\n\n\n walk outside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The lyrics hit. I’m singing and not making a sound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Slow down, you move to fast,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n gotta make the morning last now, kickin’ down the cobblestones<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n and feeling groovy.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From the horror of Walmart to the wonder of the fishmonger. Just like that, everything can change if someone can shoot some sparks. I want a pound of smoked salmon from the Charleston seafood shop. I stand at the counter. The fishmonger hands me the package and rings it up. She wears: bangles and spangles. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9555,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-meditations","category-poetry","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"builder_content":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11236\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}