I was sweeping around in the kitchen one morning
Got back
Ahmed had a plastic gun, a toy, that's all it
Back in '89, I bought a little Escort
Louis Lichtman had a bakery at 86th and Amsterdam
You'd smell
You're sitting at work, and you dream of the beach
Helen Johnson made a lovely piece of cheesecake
And the folks
A cutter of stone walking down the road
Coming
Late last night before repos, my sweetheart called to me
"Darling,
Dream of a day when we can live without anger
Dream
Elijah, starting the first grade
Hit some trouble right away
Really, trouble
A seven year old named Gavin on a sidewalk with
Walking in the woods one day with five blind men
I have the daily paper here, what joy to now
I won't say who I voted for, or even if
Hank and Hymie, unemployed
Laid off in La Verkin
Stood in line
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