Here. I'm from here.
Small town conversations eventually include the question "Where are you from?"
I awkwardly launch into my outline of what brought us here and when but it always sounds like an excuse.
Mrs Miasma whispers in my ear "Just say we're from here."
Six years with lots of practice and I still can't say it right.
Even ordinary life can be filled with #poetry.
Hype for the Future 108D → Modern Suburban Developments in Smaller Communities
Introduction Though suburban sprawl often dominates in the modern outskirts of major and even minor cities, smaller communities, often of fewer than twenty-five thousand (25,000) residents, may have a more comprehensive sidewalk or related infrastructural network, even in the suburban zones. Within such suburban zones, however, the sidewalk network is often identified in the abstract as substandard, as with the sidewalk networks along major highways in modern suburban […]Old mine sites, railway history, and a pub that’s seen more than its share of stories, all tucked into the edge of the Top End.
A short stop with a long memory.
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📍 Pine Creek, NT
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