A Supermarket in California

Photo of two aisles in a Piggly Wiggly supermarket in the 1950s.  Central in the frame is an end-cap display of Pyrex Decantors for 79 cents.Please use the following link to access the poem “A Supermarket in California” by Allen Ginsberg, published originally in 1955.  Both the text and an audio recording are available at this site.

“A Supermarket in California” from The Poetry Foundation