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Down the Block from Prosperity

   silverware tarnished
     forks absent some teeth
   plates chipped at the edges
     set of cups incomplete

   the table wobbled and creaked
     like them, sad and bleak...
   down the block from prosperity
     of which they hadn't a peek

Copyright © Gershon Wolf

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