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it was a small town a few miles off the highway
podunk, hillbilly, backward-ass
small words for a small town
the people had a distinctive southern drawl
they had long unruly hair
smashed noses
they wore white sleeveless t-shirts
and overly worn tennis shoes
some were no different than feral animals
but the small town was also home to
goths, jocks, preps, nerds, fuckups etc.,
just as any other town
there was money and there was not
we cruised the strip on weekend nights
the farmers hung out in the Purina lot
the cool kids hung out at the basketball games-
and my God, that's all they had!
the rest of us just drove around until we got bored
we went home and stood on the corner talking
throwing kung fu kicks
snapping pictures
lighting bottle rockets
and sucking down bottles of Mountain Dew
there were fights in the school bathrooms
valedictorian speeches
the unexpected death of a classmate
school plays
we were grounded when we had done wrong
had our picture in the paper when we had done good
we set off smoke bombs
got chased by tow trucks
pooled our money together for a pizza
in the neighboring small towns
-Milton, Alquina, Cambridge City and Rushville
Thisville and Thatville
Rushville was important enough to have a billboard
on the outskirts of town, faded, crumbling
in big letters: WELCOME TO RUSHVILLE
underneath someone had spray painted –SUCK US-
and then we went back to our own small town
and did our small town things
some stayed
some left and some died, were buried
in their small town graves
it is still there in some small way
but the buildings are empty or mostly at least
factories gone
the houses abandoned
not all but enough
just remnants of an old tree fort
blanketed in overgrown wooded vines
things change, yes
some for the better
some not
but as deathly as I speak of this small town
it isn't dead yet
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small words for a small town
I love that line, and then how you expand. Small towns do not mean small happenings, they're as ordinary and fun as other towns