CHRIST IN WINTER: Reflections on Faith & Life for the Years of Winter MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND [5-29-23]
Seventy years ago
I worked at Moe’s
so that he could go with
Ethel
to her parents
I toiled with joy
Five dollars was a fortune
More, much more than that
I was trusted
to open and to close
pump the gas
clean the windshields
raise the hoist
to lube the dirty chassis
change the oil or fan belt
slice the cheese and
lunchmeat
hand over loaves of Wonder
Bread
dole out cans of beans
making change the old-fashioned
way
in my satisfied head
An independent high school
man
of means
John Robert McFarland
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