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OF SOCIETAL PROGRESS
Ryan Downey
To have wood paneling, the man in the suit declared, is to be one mere step removed
From royalty.
And do you think, he would ask, that the Johnson’s have wood paneling? The answer
Always yes.
This was the way of the world, the one that stood erect thirty feet above the lettering
Brilliantly bold.
With a wave of his hands, two henchmen swooped in, muscles bulging from beneath
Stiff seams.
Two unpaid bills later, a television to match the station wagon sat proudly somewhere
Behind me.
The plastic elegance of a grain that resembled maple shone in the sunlight throwing rays
Into my eyes.
Blinding me I know, and everyone else I think, as it has done ever since that day
Long ago.
