Gold Country Antique Store

Harness buckles,
Buffalo Beer 5¢
Rusty axe and cobbler’s nails,
barber poles, rocking chair
Hearty Meals 25¢
Newspapers—almost brown—
from 1882.
This room was once a hardware store,
the air in here is old;
these things are all faint echoes
of times “when there was gold!”