Pat McClellan

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“Closed on Sundays” by Pat McClellan

Submitted to Contest #251

My Dad’s house was on Heartsoul Dr inside the new development called Madden Hills. All the houses in the subdivision were cookie cutter ranch style homes with manicured front yards. It was the early 70’s and this subdivision had been redlined reversed and built especially for young families of color who had migrated North to work in the factories. There were no corner stores, no bodegas, no liquor stores or wine shops. The neighborhood had been built around a library, nestled and surrounded by a fortress of tress in one corner, an eleme...

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