This question is missing the excerpt. I've found the complete question online. It is the following:
Read this excerpt from Allen Ginsberg's "A Supermarket in California."
We strode down the open corridors together in our solitary fancy tasting artichokes, possessing every frozen delicacy, and never passing the cashier.
In this excerpt, the speaker of the poem and his imaginary companion are
sampling items but not paying for them.
stealing frozen goods from the grocery store.
loading up their shopping cart with frozen food.
marveling at the exotic offerings available at the market.
Answer:
In this excerpt, the speaker of the poem and his imaginary companion are sampling items but not paying for them.
Explanation:
In Allen Ginsberg's poem "A Supermarket in California", the speaker is wandering about the city with his "imaginary friend". It turns out that this imaginary friend is no other than the famous poet Walt Whitman. Whitman's presence is constant in the heart and mind of the speaker. It's as if he is there, entering the supermarket with him, looking around and questioning. They even sample items together, even though they are not buying them:
in our solitary fancy tasting artichokes, possessing every frozen delicacy, and never passing the cashier.
