A supermarket in California

something's so interesting that struck me is the use of images in the poem, especially the images of husbands, wives, babies. there are possibilities that he is metaphorically describing the reflection of the images on the shiny skin of the fruits and vegetables. the other possibility is that it was a metaphor which expressed his dreams of family, he wish it were as easy as picking a fruit out of the basket. the time that the poem took place is really significant. Late at night, as we discussed already that it wasn't a time that the supermarket could be crowded as described, but digging deeper into the ideas and possibilities i found that the situation could be understood as that the poet's dreams, imaginations of a family can only exist at night time which is the usual time for dreaming.