Apples

On my way to St. Luke’s Food Pantry, I often stop at a small bodega and buy a few snacks to hold me until dinner. In the little store there are lots of snacks and chips, but no fruits or vegetables. I ask the proprietor about this. He shrugs. We exchange pleasantries. I pay him and take my leave. When next at his store, he told me that he thought it unlikely that fruit would be sold in a store such as his … though when I was paying, I saw a small basket of apples right next to the register.