The Deli 'Dramus

Inspired by Nighthawks by Edward Hopper

1929 and it was a time of great despondency
Phillies the deli was almost empty
Usual fare for most commercial entities
Of the time

The lone man looked on as the faceless people
Went on with their lives
The soda jerker one of very few still in employment
The couple one of very few with money to expend in delis
The mask of contentment etched languidly upon their faces.

And he proclaimed,
“80 years from now, life will come full circle
The world will be in straits direr than this
In our own motherland, proud institutions will fall
You will not feel the pain, as you don’t now
But your progeny will suffer.

80 years from now, life will come full circle
But instead of Phillies, the deli will be ‘Donald’s.”