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Dennis Ryan

Wellsville, New York

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Wellsville, New York

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November 22,2002

On a day of few sales,
a sales clerk gives a little girl
a simple, wooden cat, a simply-colored cat
of white and black.This simple act
gladdened the girl's heart,
as it did the clerk's,
who wrote a poem about it,
and rang up "no sale".

Dennis Ryan

Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Topic(s) of this poem: community,economy,giving,human condition,act,action,communication

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The speaker of the poem, when giving a small gift, reflects on the fact that real community begins with two people, and grows from there, that economic circumstances/factors militates against and sometimes interferes with true community building.

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