From Marxism to the Burlington marketplace

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