March 18, 2009
(I was 64)
The little business on the block
gave its name to the
neighborhood
The canned goods required
dusting
two or three times before
they were sold
The National Cash Register
was mechanical
and ornately clad in leafy
brushed brass
the wood floor swept and
polished by the boys
Everyone in the family
stayed out of the service
so we must have gone there
for ethnic reasons
The guy who owned the store
also ran the one where you
came from
You remember
He was never that friendly
as if he knew customers
were inevitable
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