Oh store of Most
Everything. Gold
pins. An aquarium.
 
Plaid cloth.
The least of things
and more. Main
 
Street’s store
named for Invention’s
Curiosity.
 
What can we do
with a key and a kite
string? Invent
 
electricity. All
manner of pens.
One to sign
 
a constitution
with. Ours and theirs.
Oh, Middlebury’s
 
forever shelves
and bins. Toys
in the basement.
 
Hand-held
flags. Let’s not
forget your rack
 
of frames.
Oh framers
of our
 
Constitution.
To which we bid
Adieu,
 
Good-bye,
Auf wiedersehen
Tam Biet,
 
our American,
Vietnamese
friend.
— Gary Margolis, Cornwall