Wednesday, November 21, 2018

AN UPTOWN SCHRAFTS, 1956 OR SO



Through the mid 1950s afternoons
Were still in short supply. You’d take
What arrived without looking too closely
At the deliverymen. Sometimes
There might be a bespoke hour or two
Found after the war in storage depots
They were sold by weight.
Sounds during such hours travelled
At a civilized pace; questons
Would hover patiently in the Schrafts
That used to be on 114th Street
Allowing you to sip a cup of chocolate
And eat half a buttered muffin
While you assembled an answer,
Wound it up and set it going
Click-clack-click around the table.

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