What's beyond the pavement (Grover Avenue SW)

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Small town USA

Apple cores and rancid milk

Jumping jacks and butt kicks

Surfing in shit

The child labor field

Fishing for poison ivy

Dog crap lake

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As you head back toward town, completing your tour of my country block, you’ll come to an intersection. [sfx: traffic noise] Take a long look down that street to your left. Then look right. If you decide to take a right, you’ll eventually get to I-494 and be on to the city life. But I think there’s more than people think beyond that pavement. So turn that steering wheel left, and head back into Howard Lake. You might run into a familiar face driving by [sfx: horn honking], or you just might want to take in a little more of that country air.

Either way, I hope you’ve learned a little bit about the things that really matter in life. It’s being around people you love and making the best out of the not-so-great circumstances that will bring you contentment and true happiness.