Welcome to nowhere and
the lies of Emerald City
those for sale signs
and sparkling lights
none the disguised so pretty .
Termite houses of encircled golden fences
uplifted hope by scenic waste
as deputies and directors take the census.
A crater of abuse and theft
at the top of the listed rules
the early resided have never left
the town of two hundred fools.
This is home, a paradise to another
contemplation of a new horizon
is a horse of a different color .
To work they go
traveling a hundred miles and over
to escape the revenue service
and the chance of a foreclosure .
Another building
In the midst of larson,
burnt down again
by amphetamine arson .
The faithful sailors
on the river of invisible shores
work with the worries of other men
to come knocking on their doors.
Who is true ?
Who has slept with who?
She is growing up too fast
the apple has fallen way off the tree
so, who's child is that?
Welcome to nowhere and
the lies of Emerald City,
those for sale signs
and sparkling lights
none the disguised so pretty..
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No one's complaining...in Small Town USA...
where you nailed it...You must live in Emerald City...too...with Dorothy and her little dog....Toto
Mr. Wizard...
I liked it..a lot...It had that Mayberry feel...
Papa was a copper and Mama was a hippy?
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Haha yeah well that describes the area where I grew up. A rural one at that. It amazes me how a community so small can be that crime filled.
The Scots-Irish who settled the South and Midwest are considered to be the most violent people in America...according to sociological studies. Our crime rate is three times the national average...and yet the town looks like a Rockwell painting with a church on every other corner. This is an explanation for why small towns have so much crime. I told the assistant chief of police when I first arrived..that the violence was worse than LA ghetto areas. He just laughed.
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Yeah. It's crazy. I also think it has to do with be ijng such a small.area people think they can get away with more . They can hide things easier because of rural areas and less police.
An unusual one from you, CE. Very enjoyable.
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Thanks hully. Yea I decided to switch it up a bit. :)
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