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Ghetto Years
Chill winds of early winter
seep through the crevices
sweat of toil
lingers inside these walls
the light is dim
barely illuminates a faded sampler
from an immigrant's kitchen
around the table the old samovar
Uncle is there with the check book face
amid the aroma of maiden aunts
on the crooked streets
the iceman stands
burlap shouldered in the shadows
horse hooves
strike the cobble stones at dawn
They live with me side by side
with a permanent ache
hand me downs from the
I walk in the shadows of their footsteps
who tumbled along the way
Jack Mashman
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