The $34 Soup

The soup shouldn’t cost $34
but I don’t usually shop here
so I don’t know
I was only here cause I was sick and didn’t want to cook for myself

After filling it to the brim
I weighed the container at self checkout
‘Cause I thought that’s what you do

When the screen read $34
I didn’t even question it
just sighed and reached for my wallet
as if a cop handed me a speeding ticket
but I didn’t disobey the law
and the soup shouldn’t cost $34

I flagged down a cashier
Just to be sure

She punched some buttons
then giggled at me
the screen now reading $10.99 
“we don’t do soups by weight”
she said, pitying me,
but I didn’t feel dumb

‘Cause this morning I wondered if I might get shot walking my dog
and tomorrow, I fear I may wake to a world war
and when your brain adapts to living in a state of constant disbelief
the soup might cost $34

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