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    UWS Encounters: Hidden Assets

    April 18, 2020 | 10:07 AM - Updated on April 19, 2020 | 3:33 AM
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    Iconic Emptiness. Photograph by Dan Tanner.

    “What I miss though, most of all”

    Can’t get flour or yeast
    Or even toilet tissue.
    But shortages of goods
    Are not at all my issue.

    Masks, long lines, no films,
    I can endure these trials.
    What I miss though, most of all,
    Is seeing people’s smiles.

    😷😊.

    — Laura R Fliegner

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    Dedicated to long-time Upper West Sider Dr. Barbara Bulow.

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    Marion Harris
    Marion Harris
    6 years ago

    I’m retired and miss my new found ability to casually make plans to see retired friends, after so many years of no time to see them when I was working. Oh the irony.

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    Mike scott
    Mike scott
    6 years ago

    That’s so true!

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