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Small Town Texas
1 min readOct 15, 2019
Two-lane blacktop turns to one-lane turns to dirt
Like shooting stars, fireflies dance on the warm evening breeze
The silence is broken by a low thump and deep hum
Somewhere beyond the water tower the new rig drills for oil
With windshield cracked like lighting across the night sky
The rusting old truck keeps guard out past the stock pond
Eminent domain stakes its claim
The freeways coming through
