Come On Buy

Rural small-town America in a
state whose population is meager
and whose landscapes are vast and
geologically majestic, where the
economy rests in boastfully
proudly inviting the world to visit
at a price that tourism gains a
livelihood we see pride struggling
with necessity, orientation
subservient to attracting guests
to gawk at the natural splendours of
magnificent mountains and
glistening lakes and rivers
into whose landscape crowds
the ubiquity of tawdry trailer parks,
sleazy rental cabins, upscale condos,
recreational minutiae, scrubby
family entertainment centres
service-slanted to satisfy the
vacationing whims of visitors,
an economic scheme that chugs
along in grudging benefit to the
homebound folk leasing their state
in temporary welcome to the world.