May ���� Where I’m From
I am from a two stop-light town; from sweet tea and Crisco shortening I am from a house with one bathroom and six inhabitants; rocking chairs by dawn and cozy fire pits by dusk I am from muscadine grape vines, big oaks, and dandelions I am from Purvis and Chriscoe, Jenny and Jerry; blonde hair and blue eyes, hard work and family time From don’t speak if you have nothing nice to say to no blood or no bones — dry it up, from corn doodles and goo-goo bars I’m a river girl of Scottish descent, vacationing on the ocean’s shores, from callused hands in a textile mill and World War II I am from places one only longs to raise their children, from a small town with a big impact, and a calling to somewhere far away with hopes the feeling of this place will always follow — Mallie Clara Purvis Moore County Writers’ Competition First Place Poetry Grades 9-12
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