As the moon began to rust
For a coffee that would not taste, not look, and not steam like it, but had its crowd, nevertheless
Having ensured equal opportunities on the milk shelf, Helen would normally look at the fruits. Sometimes she’d buy an apple, pay, and leave the shop through the fogged up front door. The rusty cowbell would give a dull ring, and Helen would be back outside, where she’d take a bite off her apple, and watch the open flesh turn brown.
She’d rarely finish eating it, as it would usually taste like nothing: at most, maybe spoiled, because the corner shop at the end of her street was no real supermarket and the deliveries kept coming in rarer, since people would only rarely come grocery shopping ther
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