Charles Bukowski - A Close Call While Shopping lyrics

Pushing my cart through the supermarket Today The thought pa**ed through my mind That I could start Knocking cans from the shelves and Also rolls of towels, toilet paper Silver foil I could throw oranges, bananas, tomatoes Through the air, I could take cans of Beer from the refrigerated section and Start gulping them, I could pull up Women's skirts, grab their a**es I could ram my shopping cart through The plate-gla** window... Then another thought occurred to me: People generally consider something Before they do it I pushed my cart along... A woman in a checkered skirt was Bending over the pet food section I seriously considered grabbing her Ass But I didn't, I rolled on By I had the items I needed and I rolled My cart up to the checkout stand A lady in a red smock with a nameplate On Awaited me The nameplate indicated her as "Robin." Robin looked at me: "how you doing?" She asked "fine," I told her And then she began tabulating my Purchases Not in the least knowing that The fellow standing there before her Had just two minutes ago been One grab from the Madhouse