.small towns.

.family means the world to me.

.i had forgotten

what it felt like to be

apart of a small town

for a bit.

.then i went

back for the funeral

last week

and i was quickly

reminded

by my

hometown ground.

.small towns.

.are not for me.

.and i'm not certain

they ever will be again.

.i see nothing wrong

with those that

live in them.

.husband likes them.

.unfortunately.

.but i need the kind

of home

where the.

.city never sleeps.

.where everything is open

after ten pm.

.where becky down the

street doesn't know 

that my son scored

an 'f' on his report card.

.where i can still be a big fish

even though i'm in a 

sea of thousands.

.i need lights.

.with a side of subway systems.

.i need brownstones.

.with a large order of restaurants galore.

.i need a city.

.a big city.

.a supersize me city.

.even slc is too small for me.

.i need small towns

only for visitation rights.

.preferably in the 

good ol' south.

.however.

.i'm not knockin'

small towns

this little lady

does them justice

just fine

and elegantly too.

.they just aren't for me.

 

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