If there’s a place to walk
in a city, where people
desire to stroll, and see
other people, and there
is music in the air, and
smells of chocolate and waffles
there’s a Kilwins
or a cousin of such
a shop, selling overpriced
ice cream and fudge.

But it is capital, and
calls to people to
complete their evening
and say to each other
Isn’t this nice!
Summer evenings
with old sidewalks
and older storefronts
The shops ubiquitous as
Main streets in downtowns.

Everyone thinking
this is the life,
as they breath in
the nostalgia of
mainstreet USA,
as we wish it to be,
where everyone feels
alive, and even visitors
feel a part of a community,
if only for an evening.