His grandfather started it, his father kept it through the lean,
And he inherited the building and the reputation clean,
He did not coast on what the two before him built with care,
He added to it and expanded what was there.
The third generation shop on the corner of the old main road,
The third generation shop that carries the full load,
Of the reputation built across the ninety years of trade,
The third generation shop is how the legacy is made.
He knew every supplier that his father and grandfather knew,
He knew the customers whose grandparents were loyal too,
He knew the history of every piece of equipment on the floor,
He knew every story that the building carried at its core.
People ask him if he feels the pressure of the legacy weight,
He says the legacy is not a burden, it is a graduate,
Program in the business that no classroom could replace,
The third generation shop is the proudest earned space.