Charley's Food Store

The photo depicts 

a scene from my boyhood
in Durango, Colorado..

A corner store

a welcoming place 

where the proprietor

often graciously gave

to my brother and me

a bubblegum treat..!
The delivery truck
connected other residents
not fortunate enough
to live next door..!
There was excitement
as this meeting place
gathered the town folk
all of the passing day..

These colorings of 

memory
prompted by this
photo on Facebook
carries understanding
of similar colorings
of a boy's Mind
seeming years ago...