[Newspoetry] corner story

[gillespie william k]

Gene Dillon took me to the Maxwell street street sale back in 1991 or so,
where you could buy a pork chop sandwich with a bone in it, and a white
guy couldn't negotiate a good deal on golf clubs. There was a truck that
sold fake colored fur from giant reels, including a white and black
spotted pattern we called "cow fur," and there were used tires for sale
individually. I bought a couple of atrocious lamps, one of which I still
use every day.



> corner story
> 
> the northbound #8 bus rolled up to the intersection of maxwell
>      and halsted
> and for just as long as it took for the driver to avoid a moving
>      violation at that stop sign
> anyone on the bus
> could catch a glimpse
> of a neighbourhood sadly losing its fight for its life
> to the bulldozers
> 
> the only sign of life
> is jim's original hot dog stand
> visible through the front left window
> the gem that anyone who's anyone from maxwell street
> always refers to with such affection
> where one or two regulars
> currently stand in line
> chat with the man behind the counter
> and maybe buy a mid-afternoon snack
> 
> any other window only frames
> dust
> stony rubble
> crumbling brick walls
> and chain-link fences
> 
> no sign of the blues that this place made famous
> no sign of the blues that made this place famous
> only a sign a block or two north
> twist-tied to a chain-link fence:
>                     conserve
>                  maxwell street
>                   34 buildings
>                     priceless
> 
> 
> 
>                      --nicky neulist
> 
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