on the other side of this confectionery buffet

waits a parking lot of strollers

lined up and ready to roll.

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“even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections,

children tend to be sticky.”   

–  fran lebowitz

*Fran Lebowitz is an American author, public speaker, essayist, and actor. She is known for her sardonic social commentary on American life as filtered through her New York sensibilities and her association with many prominent figures of the New York art scene of the 1970s and 1980s.

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briarwood mall, ann arbor, michigan, usa, winter 2025-26