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Would You Like Your Receipt? by Jaclyn Weber is a single poem printed in the form of a receipt from Barnes & Noble – the setting for a life-changing event for the narrator of the piece. As they ask in the first stanza, “Who would have thought a bookstore / would be my first lesson in groping?” This simple broadside is powerful, precise and moving.
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Barnes & Noble Booksellers #042406
1923 West Malvern Avenue
Fullerton, CA 92833
714-871-9855
STR: 052789 REG:001 TRN: 6991 CSHE: Kim A.
Who would have thought a bookstore
would be my first lesson in groping?
Overcoming Speechlessness $6.98
Alice Walker
His eyes were like haunted paintings
on my yellow daisy top,
slipping through, my white training bra--
Crossing the Water $6.99
Sylvia Plath
Pretending he was Moses
parting the crowded book aisle.
But he parted nothing--
Oh Pray My Wings are Gonna Fit Me Well $9.99
Maya Angelou
Only my ass and I am too ashamed
of my growing body to reach across to the walls of books,
full of my sisters, who've been through this before
and grab a hold of their voices.
Subtotal $23.69
Sales Tax T1 (7.000%) $2.07
TOTAL $25.76
A MEMBER WOULD HAVE SAVED $1.25
Victim's Copy
Thanks for Shopping at Barnes & Noble
