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At the The Villagio Manning Manse
regulars at the bar have another pop (tomorrow’s Friday)
customers for dinner are few enough
the Sonus Layoffs Club combines tables for six or ten
a few hours chatting in the back room
the waitress refills then leaves us alone.
The talk was headline news
technology 
cars vacation
the kids the house 
weather and catching up.
In the neighborhood of middle-age
family people and good workers
we Layoffs socialized decently and 
our past was present then.