There is an open sewer called Butte,
El Paso’s got no center. it has a middle, but no center.
Gertrude Stein told us about Oakland,
No one mentioned Gallop or Amarillo.
Small towns and great cities
Across the vastness of America
Mark their place with a park, a bandstand
Or late night library that bespeaks some larger view.
In the Montana town of Bozeman
There is a pizza parlor called “Karl Marx”.
Its windows aren’t smashed.
People matter.
No comments:
Post a Comment