Small Town
“There’s a rhythm to a small town,
A slow, care-free, easy beat,
All day long it plays its song,
Then at night lulls folks to sleep.
Bees buzz, and crickets chirp,
Old pick-up trucks shift gears,
Tiny songbirds can be heard,
And small baby’s coos and tears.”
- Giny Ellis, “The Small Town”
“By the next century, rural America may survive only as a theme park along an interstate highway: Six Flags over Farm World, taking its place alongside Williamsburg and the Alamos as reminders of another era.”
- Richard E. Wood
