grain elevator, giant oil derrick, red/brown brick streets
train station which became Boy Scouts facility
elementary school that felt ultramodern in the 1960s
large and small churches teaching different versions of Jesus’s teachings
car races which some classmates never survived
drive-in eateries and motels which tried to survive the freeway bypass
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newspaper ad said help save our town, buy at home
but the next city was just a half-hour away by car
some migrated there, others to other small Texas towns
only a few dared move out of state
to see if neutrality healed wounds and strengthened bonds
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