Prairie Life

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When people describe the prairie
they often rave about endless blue skies
and seas of billowing wheat.

I was raised on the prairie
and grew to hate endless blue skies
and seas of billowing wheat.

I longed for mountains and lakes,
forests of tall, whispering trees
and shade from the unbearable sun.

Summer was for baseball and bare feet,
walking on warm asphalt highways,
collecting beer bottles in the ditches.

Dust was everywhere and in everything,
windowsills and leaves were coated with gray.
Color was for stop signs and billboards.

On the numerous dusty gravel roads
clouds from cars were visible for miles
as they approached and as they left us behind.

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