that was never there

the old men

will tell you, all with

the same

wide eyed

look of amazement,

that

this area here used to

be a farm,

people road

their horses, down

the dirt road.

they point

to where a dunkin

donut shop

is and

a mr. tire, and tell you.

that was never

there.

and that plot of land

over there

where the town houses

are,

and the mall,

that used to be a swamp,

we'd fish

there.