Tucked into the most recent issue of Atlanta Magazine is a love letter.  A love letter to a grocery store.

In the modern world, where your neighbors are more likely to recognize you by the make and model of your vehicle than your smiling face, a grocery store that pulls on the heart strings seems out of place.  (Trader Joe’s freaks not withstanding.  )

Who would draft a sonnet to a Kroger?   Or direct a few lines of free-verse to the Ingles down the 6-lane next to the Outback Steakhouse?

Not a dang soul, that’s who.

But not surprisingly, this letter isn’t addressed to one of the big boys, but to a neighborhood market.  The Candler Park Market to be precise.

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