Deserted Village

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    One man walking a deserted platform;
    Dawn coming, and rain
    Driving across a darkening autumn....
    Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

    In the Corner Store, near the village center, hangs a large sign reading: ‘After 40 years of credit business, we have closed our book of Sorrow.’
    —For the State of Maine, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)