by Charles Simic
The fat sisters
Kept a candy store
Dim and narrow
With dusty jars
Of jaw-breaking candy.
We stayed thin, stayed
Glum, chewing gum
While staring at the floor,
The shoes of many strangers
Rushing in and out,
Making the papers outside
Flutter audibly
Under the lead weights,
Their headlines
Screaming in and out of view.
Burke's Book Store
936 South Cooper
Memphis, TN 38104
(901) 278-7484
www.burkesbooks.com
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