He still loves America,
one of many departments
within a giant Department Store.

He remembers when
he first saw a bar code
on a pack of Zig-Zags,
and how he knew then
that the party was over.

He picked up his date
and went to the gas station...
hoping to impress her by
taking her someplace expensive.

He still loves the
"Land of Opportunity"
and knows that Opportunity
is always knocking.

Even though...
it sometimes
wears coveralls,
and people pretend
not to be at home.

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