marts

On first glance, a slew of eight armed robberies at mini marts and liquor stores in four states this year appeared to be run-of-the-mill crimes.

See home: the billboarded liquor stores and check marts; curbside effigies in the set’s colors and shoes flung over power lines; the low-lows on switches and spokes, a rag-top spinning doughnuts in a parking lot.

With food deserts that abound in the Chicagoland area and other areas with food marts that only serve prepackaged foods to communities, Drake envisions more growth for Ditto Foods.

As the shelter numbers increased, so did the crimes, trash, open air drug marts and fencing operations, particularly around 12th Avenue South and South Jackson Street.

I always bring something like a bottle of Ketel One, so we can have “mini marts” — mini martinis.