Becky, at a crossroads
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| By Eric Marks (ericm@journalist.com) |
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| Miss Livingston I presume |
| Is well acquainted with the latest art |
| Of descant and literature |
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| After tilling the fields for eight hours |
| And then boiling the sweet potatoes of her labor for
one more, |
| She cooks a pie and reads Chaucer. |
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| Is she college material or will she take over the
family farm? |
| She heads to the local store, Sam’s it is called-on
the wrong |
| Side of the tracks |
| Moreover, buys her soda. |
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| Others read the Weekly World News |
| She is poring over Conrad. |
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| While some read the Livingston Chronicle, |
| She reads Beowulf, King of the Geats. |
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| Can she keep tilling the fields and |
| Satisfy her quest for knowledge? |
| This farm girl, does she opt out of her family
heritage? |
| To plow through paper and write? |
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| The answer comes apparent at the failure of the
winter harvest. |
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5/6/02
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