Lawrence Hall
Dispatches for the Colonial Office
LogoSophia Magazine – A Pilgrim's Journal of Life, Literature and Love
Where We Grew Up is not Where We Are
Our fathers strong, home from Europe and the Pacific
Worked confidently at building a peaceful America
Lean, weathered, war-weary men in chambray shirts
Who sweated to make their crops and cattle grow
But the feed store shut up shop in the 60s
The gas station pushes eight-liners and vapes
The old picture show where John Wayne rode
Is now a missionary Christian fellowship or something
The drugstore with the best comic books burned long ago
Once-busy sidewalks are mostly weeds and grass
Our favorite rocker on the A.M. radio
Has long since been Forest Lawned in bronze
Our fathers are buried, and on the palantir
A man in an SS coat orders us to report each other
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