Question

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.
buying frozen goods from the grocery store.
loading up their shopping cart with frozen food.
marveling at the offerings available at the market.

Answer 1

sampling items but not paying for them.

The line says they’re “tasting” and “possessing” frozen goods while “never passing the cashier,” implying they sample and imagine owning the items without actually buying them.