The person responsible

for inventing tiny shopping carts

for children to push around the grocery store

deserves to have something written about them

to voice the opinion

of all the sensible people in the world

who know what a bad idea it was

to release this pox on society

without having to think much about it.

For you,

the entrance of the inferno has been revamped.

Now,while being endlessly chased by a swarm

you will be issued a shopping cart full of canned beans to push around

your ankles

rammed periodically

by tiny demons in Hannah Montana shirts

pushing tiny cartseach containing

a candy bar.

Wrong thinking parents

may respond

only to the questions:

WhY????

What do imagine these children have to learn

by pushing a shopping cart

at such an early age?

Should there be some inherent value in this lesson,

may I suggest you remove our tiny protegy

to the back parking lot

to educate him

in the ins and outs

of this important life lesson.