The speaker enjoys going to the supermarket to fill their basket with healthy fruits and vegetables, though they are tempted by sweets and other treats throughout the store which make them hungry. The poem asks a series of questions about different people's supermarket shopping habits, such as whether they go in the morning, evening, or late at night, and if they go on foot or not at all if poor.

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12. I like going to the supermarket
because I like to fill my basket
with vegetables and other fruit
that makes me feel so good
When I get into the store
I want to buy them all!
everything I see on the shelves
sweets and candy and gingerbread
Everything looks tasty and fine
that makes me have an appetite
strawberries, cherries and the apple pie
Oh, I wish I had more time!
Do you go to the supermarket every day
to buy a banana, an apple and a cherry?
Do you go to the supermarket in the morning to buy fresh milk and eggs before you go shopping?
Do you go to the supermarket in the evening
to buy sugar and flour or are you freezing?
Do you go to the supermarket late at night
to buy cheese and meat or are you in a fight?
Do you go to the supermarket on foot
or don’t you go at all because you’re poor?