Provincial Life

You know what they say about meeting people at the supermarket... Nicholas DeMarino tells us more...

“I need six eggs,” you say, and even under the fluorescent gloom of the supermarket, your eyes sparkle.

I start to reply, but my tongue lingers. I pause and take in your open-mouth grin, the freckles dotting your nose, and that tiny scar by your eye. You told me how you got it twice, so I can’t ask again. Was it a toy or a dog? Either way, it’s cute.

You pop your eyebrows.

“That’s too expensive,” I reply, even though those lines are probably unrelated.

We’ve done it a hundred times and will do it a thousand more.

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Nicholas De Marino is a former journalist and aspiring bon vivant. Read more at nicholasdemarino.com.