the center
of The Universe
and
the center
of
nowhere
at all.
This city...
Saint Joseph,
Missouri.
like an apartment
complex
or
a cul-de-sac
built by
The Hand of
God,
right
in the
bottom
left-hand drawer
of The Devil's
bill-paying
desk.
we walk
our dogs
on
long leashes
making sure that
they can ****
in our neighbor's
yard.
we cultivate
red-state
politics
and blue-plate
specials,
complaining
that our crime-rate
and our cholesterol
are too high.
we're the tenderloin
capital
of the world;
and we closed
the door
on that debate
as well as
several
others.
once,
not that
long ago,
we put it
to a vote,
whatever
it was...
it hardly
matters
anymore,
but only
18%
said: "aye"
and only
37%
said anything
at all.
the ballots
must've been
kept in the
lockbox
in the
bottom
right-hand drawer
of
The Devil's
bill-paying
desk.
***
-JBClaywell
Feb 21, 2018
Feb 21, 2018 at 7:07 PM UTC
the center
of The Universe
and
the center
of
nowhere
at all.
This city...
Saint Joseph,
Missouri.
like an apartment
complex
or
a cul-de-sac
built by
The Hand of
God,
right
in the
bottom
left-hand drawer
of The Devil's
bill-paying
desk.
we walk
our dogs
on
long leashes
making sure that
they can ****
in our neighbor's
yard.
we cultivate
red-state
politics
and blue-plate
specials,
complaining
that our crime-rate
and our cholesterol
are too high.
we're the tenderloin
capital
of the world;
and we closed
the door
on that debate
as well as
several
others.
once,
not that
long ago,
we put it
to a vote,
whatever
it was...
it hardly
matters
anymore,
but only
18%
said: "aye"
and only
37%
said anything
at all.
the ballots
must've been
kept in the
lockbox
in the
bottom
right-hand drawer
of
The Devil's
bill-paying
desk.
***
-JBClaywell
I love this town.
Really.
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