Late Night Grocery Store Runs

The damp and darkness accompanied me
to the market seeking the perfect popcorn,
the bag of baby carrots having been devoured
in an absent-minded feeding frenzy that
accompanies deep thought.
As if the energy output of chewing powers the brain.
Somehow, women intuitively know this
and have to accommodate the contradiction
of needing to eat while thinking deep thoughts
with what the scale might say in the morning.
Obviously, a requirement is that excessive
junk food cannot reside in close proximity to
these activities and late night grocery store
runs are required, as evidenced tonight.