we had a grocery store

it was our grocery store
our only grocery store
not much of one
but it was ours.

in the same
parking lot, was
a donut shop,
a small steak house,
by the name of "sir loin's",
a sewing shop
& a used book store.

when i was
9 or 10,
the grocery store closed.

now we had a furniture store.

about 5 yrs ago, or so,
the city was gonna bring
in a big fancy grocery store.

furniture store closed
donut shop closed
steak house closed
sewing shop closed
book store closed.

all buildings were demolished.

the fancy grocery store never came.

but the empty parking lot stayed.