Daniel Larson Poet Rhyme

Nowhere Town

There's a stonewall near the village
     built to keep the people in
Or maybe to keep people out
     from where ever they have been

Nobody is a stranger here
     each has been here all their lives
Not one has gone into the world
     for it's here that one survives

The bells of freedom hang silent
     they no longer echo wide
The one that had controlled the ropes
     had just simply up and died

The writers of their history
     have left nothing out by chance
Proof readers do no overtime
     nothing needs a second glance

The last road has been diverted
     so that no one passes through
There's nothing left worth seeing now
     and nothing tourists can do

They've agreed at the town meeting
     old signs have been taken down
They're painting up a new one now
     it simply says "Nowhere Town"

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