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Cover collage by Jan Keough
using 'Mardi Gras' artwork by Lauri Burke
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Welcome to Washington! Welcome to Maine! Welcome to Idaho! Welcome to Montana! Welcome to North Dakota! Welcome to Minnesota! Welcome to Wisconsin! Welcome to Michigan! Welcome to Ohio! Welcome to Pennsylvania! Welcome to New York! Welcome to Vermont! Welcome to New Hampshire! Welcome to Oregon! Welcome to Nevada! Welcome to Utah! Welcome to Wyoming! Welcome to South Dakota! Welcome to Iowa! Welcome to Illinois! Welcome to Indiana! Welcome to Kentucky! Welcome to West Virginia! Welcome to Maryland! Welcome to XXXXXXXXXX, XX! Welcome to Delaware! Welcome to New Jersey! Welcome to California! Welcome to Nevada! Welcome to Utah! Welcome to Colorado! Welcome to Kansas! Welcome to Missouri! Welcome to Kentucky! Welcome to Virginia! Welcome to Arizona! Welcome to New Mexico! Welcome to Oklahoma! Welcome to Arkansas! Welcome to Tennessee! Welcome to North Carolina! Welcome to Texas! Welcome to Louisiana! Welcome to Mississippi! Welcome to Alabama! Welcome to Georgia! Welcome to South Carolina! Welcome to Texas! Welcome to Florida! Welcome to Alaska! Welcome to Hawaii!
Welcome to America! You are now entering Massachusetts! Massachusetts Welcomes You! Look around, you will notice the beautiful Blue Hills of Massachusetts. Plus (+) a pilgrim’s buckle and a turkey on blue. Turn the dial to NPR: Even though they were Philistines, they had a rich culture. You are at the Highest Elevation on I-90 East of South Dakota. Right now. It’s reddish-brown. Try our Hamburgers! Coffee! Hamburgers. Hamburgers. –Mart! –‘n Go –thru Stop. Green. Hamburgers. McDonalds. Wendy’s. McDonalds. McDonalds. Gas up! Eat McDonalds. Yellow. Yellow. Yellow. Yellow. Have you been injured? Call! McDonalds. 1-800-LAWYERS Or: observe the purple hue of the grassy slope, I mean: the side of the road. Heather on the side of the road swaying. Observe the shimmering rock cut through by this road. Who cut it? A cross. By. Watch: Falling Rock. Plows use caution! All others: reckless abandon. No smoking please. Giant Octopus making Debut at New England Aquarium!
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HISTORY: (to us) This street used to be an apple orchard.
HISTORY: This town used to be called “the sleigh-maker town.”
HISTORY:
HISTORY: Itself, itself.
HISTORY: This is a ghost town.
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KARL MARX:
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS: Gold can even get souls into paradise.
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Our street used to be an apple orchard.
Mr. Louis called; he wants you to come over. All the kids are going over.
I don’t know why—he just wants all the kids
to go over.
He’s an old man.
Addie and Jaco will be there.
Yes, they will. Go on, right now. You’ll see. Michael too, and Matt. I think Rebecca is at soccer practice. Go on. Go. Get out that door. Right now. (Singing.) No, I mean it. Go. Sam, Claire. Everyone.
I’m sure he called them too. I talked to Susan; everyone’s going.
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Our street used to be an apple orchard.
Yeah, it was quick. I don’t know, I’m going back outside now. I just came—
I don’t know; he just showed us how to cut a pineapple.
No, in the kitchen.
I don’t know why. Everyone was there – all the kids. He just showed us the right way to cut a pineapple. You know, it’s Mr. Louis. He had his uniform on.
No, just a regular pineapple. He got it at Stop n Shop, but he said he used to eat them in Puerto Rico.
Yeah, he gave us some. He gave us cheese too. Those little wheels. It was good.
No, she was in her room.
I know. I know – you always tell me that!
I’m supposed to take his trash tomorrow.
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H Fay © 2021
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