so, i kind of finished a book (i am rural america)

i compiled a few pieces into a bit of a book this summer. oh, just so i could say i compiled a few pieces into a bit of a book this summer. here's the opening piece:

introduction (i am rural america)

my driveway is over a mile long

with a graveyard midway

the closest grocery store is a twenty-minute drive

leaving our mountain is called going to town

and our largest employer is the school system

i know the terms

chester drawers

sonker

yonder

and

sigogglin

i can prepare

fried chicken

biscuits

corn bread

sweet tea

and

pound cake

i measure rain in a gauge

because it matters

i preserve

green beans

potatoes

strawberries

squash

and

tomatoes

long conversations in parking lots are normal

everyone knows my parents

aren’t you one of the twins?

and even though i struggle to pronounce the word,

i

am

rural

america

how about you? if you wrote this piece, "i am...." what would it be?

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