We call it ‘the village’. It has a gas station, post office, drugstore, the necessities of everyday life. To go shopping for clothes, appliances, etc., we go to ‘the city’ but we don’t go often. And the poem’s title is ‘just because’ …
THIS IS DOWNTOWN
maple trees blur
the drugstore outline
a dog crosses the street
in front of the post office
the chocolatérie opens
for coffee and gossip
cars line-up at gas pumps
and drivers trade fish stories
I park by the doctor’s office
smell roses by the door
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