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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