Read this excerpt from Allen Ginsberg’s "A Supermarket in California."Wives in the avocados, babies in the tomatoes!—and you, Garcia Lorca, what were you doing down by the watermelons? Ginsberg most likely makes this allusion to Garcia Lorca to

Ginsberg addresses Federico García Lorca, a Spanish poet known for bold, unconventional writing, as if he were present in the surreal scene of the supermarket. The playful image of asking what Lorca was doing among the watermelons shows Ginsberg imagining a kindred poet in an ordinary consumer setting, suggesting admiration rather than confusion or a claim that Lorca contributed to U.S. consumerism. The best choice is A, showing respect for Lorca as an unconventional poet.

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