Memorial Day 2008

Thoughts upon Returning to the Ozarks

It has been too long.
Too long since I have been home.
I have forgotten the beauty of topping a rise in the road and seeing a valley of green spread out before me.

Too long since I have been among family.
Grandpa and his spit cup.

Too soon.
Too soon for the poverty. Too soon for the waste of human potential.

This country attracts the best and the worst.

I have mixed feelings.

I should return to the city where I can be anonymous.