We have been shopping weekly at the same Kroger’s Grocery Store
for years.
We are retired, so we are not on a routine to buy groceries
a certain day. For the past half year or
so, almost every time we go, no matter what day it is, we see a certain man
walking the aisles.
He always wears the same denims, He appears to be in his late 30s. The aimless way he walks around the store
with out picking anything up makes me think he is homeless.
On the walk in front of Krogers there is swing set for
sale. A couple of times I have seen him
sitting in the wring reading a very thick and bad-shape paperback book.
Another time I saw him running down a hill on a sidewalk
headed in the direction of Krogers. Was
he late? Late for what?
I wonder why he finds comfort in Kroger’s? I think I would at least pick a store that
had plenty of free samples.
Today, after loading the groceries in he car I retune the
shopping cart to the walk in front of the store. He was sitting in the swing reading a Bible.
I spoke to him for the first time. I said, “Howdy!” or something like that.
He said, “God Bless you and be careful out there.”
I wish I had slipped him some money.
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