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The Great Recession: The Argotist Online

The e-book The Great Recession, by American poet Adam Fieled, was released by The Argotist Online in October 2019.

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Freezers

He walks around in a bilious, towering rage—

he can’t even stand the teenager selling him

cigarettes. Nor can he stand the stacks of

newspapers, the freezers full of soda, the

rows of gum and mints. Everything here

was made in a factory, as was he, only to

find in the last epoch of his life he was

alone, the shelf he was on bare but for

him. The teenager behind the counter

laughs at this old grump, because his

father is even worse, who can’t afford smokes.

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