It was an easy
move, really. The nice man(ager) at Marketime lent
me two rusty carts when I'd only asked for one. We spent the day going up
and down the elevator in shifts & took turns painting the kitchen. I
was surprised to find my closetful of books fit into one little cart which
made deep impressions on the steam-cleaned carpet. I thought I could hawk
my wares like an icecream man in the streets of Fremont. "Alonso's Portable
Bookshop!" I'd cry, the ink of rained-upon books running through the basket's
wire. |
neither rain, nor drizzle, nor atomized
mist |
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shall stay the book monger from his
appointed rounds |
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