-suffer the children through small inconveniences-

home from the corner store

and the box has a small hole in it.

I didn't notice as I pulled it from the shelf

ignoring the other boxes of cold, dry cereal,––
colorful displays hawking sweetness and ballplayers.

It doesn’t appear to be a clean perforation
as if retail sabotage had taken place, 

nor is there excessive gnawing evidence
as in rodent mischief,

but more like some sort of shelf damage
although all the above are possibilities
at "Chasidor Leo's Market" across the street
from the backstop in the early 50's.

giving it the once-over, the rest of the box looks okay.

the flat orange color is pleasing to the eye.

nice illustration of Stan Musial swingin’ away
regardless of factual inconsistencies.
(how I love the left-handers)

looks like good contact. nice form, too.

don’t get to see much of Stan "The Man" Musial.

National League. Saint Louis Cardinals. I’m not going back.

a small strip of scotch tape will do the trick and then

it's a bike ride to the Pine Street Dump with Ernie Carrocelli

in search of frame-rail reflectors and other essential enhancements.