pearl” - Erin Sulla

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america’s heartland, the amber waves of grain visit her in lemmon, south dakota with two m’s and step up and see the attractions ZRUOG·VODUJHVWSHWULÀHGZRRGSDUN nothing else to see except my great grandmother, barefoot in a long skirt and “home on the range” is where you have to suck it up because building a house is the easy part when you have four babies to feed

america’s heartland, the breadbasket is empty visit her in lemmon, south dakota with two m’s and step up and see the attractions the dust bowl is coming to town nothing else to see except my great grandmother, who doesn’t complain even though she is choking on dust and locusts weave themselves into her sunday best but “home on the range” is where you have to suck it up because starving is the easy part when you have four babies to feed

42 america’s heartland, the rolling black hills visit her in rapid city, south dakota and step up and see the attractions marvel at mount rushmore nothing else to see except my great grandmother, boiling beets ninety years old VKHVZDWVPRWKVDQGGRHVQRWÁLQFK because “home on the range” is where you have to suck it up and dying is the easy part when you’re alone

step up and see the attractions IHDWXULQJDSLRQHHUZRPDQDQGKHUÁ\VZDWWHU cooking her own last supper WUDGLQJLQVWDUVIRUWKHÁLFNHULQJOLJKWVRIDQXUVLQJKRPH maybe someday she will be barefoot in a long skirt but for now there is nothing else to see H[FHSWWKHZRUOG·VODUJHVWSHWULÀHGZRRGSDUN in lemmon, south dakota with two m’s next door to my great grandmother’s grave