Smith’s Supermarket, Taos, New Mexico, at the Fifteen Items or Less Checkout Line

The baby-faced cholo in front of megently drops a divider bar betweenwhat’s his and mine. On my side, a six-outlet surgeprotector for my computer,and a fireproof glass cupfor my Lux Perpetua candle,a votive so powerfulit self-destructs. On his,a plastic bottle...

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