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(for Gaynor Larkin )

Gaynor enters through the service door

Enlightened,

Glowing.

Like she's arrived in paradise

Instead of Cross Hands

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Gaynor saunters down the aisles

Unhurried,

Calm.

Like she's walking

Under invisible

Eastern skies.

She settles in the chair,

Takes a slow breath

And suddenly

Her hand is a blur

Skimming over

The tins and boxes

Like a humming bird! 

When she's done

She looks up,

Surveys the startled trolley line

With a quiet smile

Like a Buddha.

Nothing matters.

The length of this queue

Doesn't matter because

Probably 

In another life,

It'll come back

Shorter…

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