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Small Town Syndrome
i would rather be homeless
than live again in that town
i would rather you keep
your compliments to yourself
if it comes with that price
i don’t want your help
just because you’re nice
doesn’t mean you mean well
Published 19th Jan 2022
| Edited 11th Aug 2022
Author's Note
42° 55' 5.5236'' N
83° 58' 42.1356'' W
83° 58' 42.1356'' W
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19th Jan 2022 4:03pm
21st Jan 2022 10:08am
Anonymous
- Edited 20th Dec 2022 8:45pm
19th Jan 2022 6:19pm
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21st Jan 2022 10:10am
Hard lessons for a naïve girl to learn; predators often come disguised.
Thanks for connecting, Jay.
Thanks for connecting, Jay.
15th Feb 2022 7:06pm
19th Jan 2022 6:47pm
Certain places you don't feel welcome...my brother just bought a place down the road in Lawton
21st Jan 2022 10:14am
A shame, it was my hometown where I felt unwelcome. Hopefully your brother settles in!
Anonymous
- Edited 19th Jan 2022 7:47pm
19th Jan 2022 7:39pm
Michigan. Went to Detroit once, 91, saw some punk, bought some Phillip K. Dick paperbacks at Goodwill. Visited Ann Arbor in 92, rode a train from New Orleans to visit a classmate from high school. Knew a woman named Tammy D. from the Detroit area, 94, met her on the Blackfoot reservation in Wash then she married her ex and had a baby girl which means I have a blood relative from there. I hope she is prospering. Sole extent of my experience with Michigan. I vastly prefer the Deep South myself.
21st Jan 2022 10:27am
Thanks for sharing your early 90's adventures in MI, Em-ily. North country girl myself, but it seems rural America leans toward the deceptive red, no matter what direction you run.
Anonymous
- Edited 6th Dec 2022 00:45am
12th Feb 2022 11:41pm
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14th Feb 2022 3:04pm
15th Feb 2022 1:33pm
BRAVO! I know several offsprings of that town; so I take the bypass highway. Great write. Hugs and peace, Oral
15th Feb 2022 7:04pm
