Small Town Pennsylvania

Farmlands peak to grassy-high hills
speckled with grazing cows.
Horsey tails zig, zig-zag-zig
swatting rhythmic perfection.
Spotty asphalt...mounding slopes...
heart jumping dips and turns,
strangers wave -- the proper thing
for countryside decorum.
A tavern on the left
a church on the right,
tired storefronts in between,
the signs now point to the
outskirts of town, away from history.
A retail strip mine
dug out of the ground
where goods can be found on the cheap,
exploding at the sides,
absurdly wide,
downtown is WalMart blue!