Friday, April 29, 2005

Ann Timmer: During the Depression

During the Depression 

During the Depression we worked
I worked in my parents’ laundry
when there was a strike

We had a cabin in Fairfax,
on 407 Hillside Drive
In the summer we played jacks,
picked blackberries, caught pollywogs...

—Ann Timmer

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