Dairy Aisle

The man who is staring at the yoghurts
may not be as slow-witted as he seems.

His wife is gone and it is new for him
to be confronted with such an array.

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G.B. Ryan was born in Ireland and graduated from University College Dublin. He is a ghostwriter in New York City. Elkhound published his Who You Need to Start a Riot in May 2017. His poems are nearly all about incidents that involve real people in real places and use little heightened language.

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