fresh milk and eggs

where are the milk
men.
the paper boys,
the girl scouts with
cookies
at the door.
where is the fuller
brush man, the avon lady,
the encyclopedia
salesman?
what happened to door
to door, the time when
the mail came
twice a day, where are
the men in short sleeved
shirts and thin
ties selling bibles,
selling salvation
in colored pictures.
where is the delivery of
fresh milk and eggs,
juice
in the metal box
set on the porch?
where is anything you grew
up with,
and used to know?