I've been eating at supermarkets, local and big, a lot lately. I'll usually go to the deli section where you take a number and order your meat, but I'll go for the various salads, you know, a quarter pound chicken salad, a third brocolli salad, maybe qunoia or orzo, this time—I don't go into the decimals though. I try not to give them a hard time and take what they give me because I don't want their dirty looks. It makes my day interesting; I try to settle on a balance of what's healthy and appealing. Staring at my selection in the container, I'll realize I don't really want this one, but I'll picture having to tell the guy, and then I decide I do want it. I know there's mayonnaise in a lot of the salads, but you know, what's the point of torturing myself when I usually sabotage my day's effort at the end of the night anyway? I'm just going to try it all over again the next day. Sometimes when I write down despairing existential questions, I shake my head and make hand gestures to align with the physical question. It makes my day interesting. When I get my containers, I find a shady spot, a park, or under a tree in my slab, and enjoy my lunch. People walk by and sometimes I stop in the middle of eating to stare at them and they stare at me and we both stare at each other for a moment and they pass and I continue eating. When I see someone eating, I'm usually curious what the bloke has chosen, maybe make a mental note; and so, they may be curious as to what I selected. They can always ask. I wouldn't mind; I wouldn't eat their arm. Sometimes I want to inquiry if they recommend what they just tasted.
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