Church Street Marketplace in Burlington
“‘People’s Republic
of Burlington,’ old Marxist
stronghold, now just a stage
on its way to high
capitalism. Church
Street commodified.
Out on the loop roads
of Montpelier, what does ‘strip
development’ strip? Grass
from pastures….”
— From “Hayden’s Shack I Can See to the End of Vermont,’’ by Neil Shepard (born 1951), a Johnson, Vt.-based poet
