Small-Town
Brouhaha
by Martin Elster
and Joan Axelrod-Contrada
Maple
Hollow Community Page
21 comments
Hollow Market will be closed 9:30–11
a.m. in support of the Kindness
Matters rally.
Regular hours resume at eleven. Please
don’t block the loading alley.
J. Miller
Just wondering why the store is closing
this morning?
C. Donnelly
My cousin works there—those two
hours come off without warning.
L. Bennet
So the owner wants to change the world
while docking people’s pay?
D. Caruso
Keep business out of politics. That used
to be the way.
R. Hale
Cut the poor guy some slack.
He’s anything but a hack.
M. Ortiz
Stores close all the time for any reason,
any time of year and any season.
T. Kowalski
It’s not the time. It’s the
principle at stake.
If he believes in causes, fine. But don’t
shut down the store for a stand you take.
R. Cohen
The principle? Pancakes we can’t
order out today!
Baby crying, dog barking—and I’m
making flapjacks at home, anyway?
S. Feldman
Their peaches last July were mealy, hard,
and green.
K. Wu
He rang my kale up as an “artisan
green.” The markup was obscene.
L. Bennet
He still owes my brother twenty bucks and
says he’s in the right.
R. Hale
He waves like he knows you. He smiled at
me last night.
L. Bennet
He doesn’t know you. It’s a
move he does whenever you’re in
sight.
B. Larkin
Last winter he salted only half the icy
walk.
E. Pratt
This town has lost its mind. Just listen
to this talk.
J. Miller
Next, stores will close for weather,
moods, or how we feel.
T. Kowalski
Exactly. Where’s the line? What’s
solid anymore? What’s real?
M. Ortiz
Stores close all the time for any reason,
any time of year and any season.
P. Greene
So, we’re supposed to shift our
lives each time some cause appears?
Unknown User
WHAT IF EVERY STORE CLOSES FOR TWO HOURS,
EVERY WEEK, FOR YEARS?
Unknown User
THAT PROPRIETOR IS A TRAITOR!!!
Moderator
Hollow Market will be closed indefinitely
until further notice.
Your lack of civility is what you showed
us.
Anyone attempting to enter the
establishment will be committing a crime.
No further discussion at this time.
Thank you. |
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