Lawrence
Hall
Dispatches for the Colonial Office
LogoSophia Magazine – A Pilgrim's
Journal of Life, Literature and Love
Where
We Grew Up is not Where We Are
Our fathers strong, home from Europe
and the Pacific
Worked confidently at building a
peaceful America
Lean, weathered, war-weary men in
chambray shirts
Who sweated to make their crops and
cattle grow
But the feed store shut up shop in
the 60s
The gas station pushes eight-liners
and vapes
The old picture show where John
Wayne rode
Is now a missionary Christian
fellowship or something
The drugstore with the best comic
books burned long ago
Once-busy sidewalks are mostly weeds
and grass
Our favorite rocker on the A.M.
radio
Has long since been Forest Lawned in
bronze
Our fathers are buried, and on the palantir
A man in an SS coat orders us to
report each other
