Sitting in the mall I watch the folks pass
The kids texting on their phones
Sipping a stronger than expected Starbucks
Debating the wisdom of the item at Sears
(I decide to buy it)
Enjoying the bubbly female clerk's wisdom:
'We are all in this together, '
New Year's Eve at an early morning mall.

Bill Grace

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