The Defunct Drugstore
by Robert Lloyd Jaffe
The electric meters
have been pulled off the walls
and ivy is blocking the door
with the goodbye note
and thanks for letting us serve you.
Don’t the townspeople
still have birthdays,
and weddings,
funerals and get well soon?
And what about the drugs?
Where do the people go
for sniffles,
and rashes,
constipation and cuts?
I would like to think
people have decided
not to have pain,
but walking home on Main
and noting the position
of the cars,
it looks like the town now gets its relief
in Bars.
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The End
And that’s the End of the Poem
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