She is lost
in her black ball cap
and black padded coat.
At least 7 rows off
until her vehicle comes into sight.
She still recognizes it today
but how many more shopping
trips
until the number of aisles
don’t matter
and being lost
means remembering nothing
at all.
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Margaret Taylor-Ulizio is a writer, part-time Religious Studies instructor, canon lawyer, and volunteer wildlife rehabilitator from New Jersey. Her poetry and fiction have appeared in San Antonio Review, Amethyst Review, The Orchards Poetry Journal, Merion West, One Art, The Lyric (forthcoming), The Write Launch, and elsewhere. She is currently seeking publication for her novel, She Heard the Bell Ringing.
