The poem reminds me of one of my favorite places in a small town in Indiana. As kids, my cousins and I would go there every summer, and buy as much candy as I could afford. It was this little corner shop with a bar top for milkshakes and aisles of candy as cheap as a penny. I love candy.

I designed the image from what I remembered as a kid, but also with a particular structure in mind. I enjoy playing with different planes in the picture and geometric shapes in a composition, so I had fun juxtaposing the solid shape of the bar with the checkered tiles on the floor.