The Moroccan was more generous today.
Yet still not as generous as his wife always is
when she tends the booth while he’s away.
He heaped the meat higher in the pita bread
and even smiled at me.
Had the colder weather told him
with the benches wet
fewer people would stroll by....
no need to ration the meat so tightly
on this last day in November.
I hope to be so generous, too,
on my last days
when I see my chance of giving
diminishing
and I still have so much left to give away.
Richmond Farmers Market
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