It was a shopping day like any other at Wal-Mart.
People scurried about with their shopping carts.

Only two registers were open in the checkout line.
Bill had been waiting for his turn for a long time.

When it was time for his turn, he was going to be next
What to his wandering eyes should appear in clear text

Sorry, this lane is closed. It's time for my break.
Bill's head started spinning with a sick headache.

How could she put up that sign and just leave him there.
Could it be that Cashier Ethel just didn't care.

Ethel did apologize that she had to go take a smoke.
But, leaving him there was just a huge, terrible joke.

He fell to the ground. The stress had caused him to die
Over the loud speaker, "Clean up on register five."