A laborer bagging paper in the courtyard , smoking mangled cigarettes kept in - a sock Flags crack like whips in the Fall breeze Disoriented black birds fill town trees Breath has become visible on hurried - townsfolk Cars in angled row line the pharmacy , barber shop and the only downtown restaurant Idle chatter , ringing of silverware , the - drawer slamming against the cash register Waitress calling orders to a fry cook , children working gum ball machines Middle class Americans in flannel shirts - and blue jeans Paying Friday tabs , barely getting by ..
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