Sunday, June 01, 2025

Flowery Branch

The Indians named you Flowery Branch, most appropriately.

Nestled on a hillside sitting high above the brook.

Sleepy little village where the

Train-tracks used to stop for just a moment,

Hardly long enough to look.

Almost missed when driving by

If sunlight makes one blink an eye.

Causing you to miss the charm

Which there within her borders lie.

The style of Simpson's grocery

Or Carlisle's barber shop

Where Saturdays were made for swapping tales

And drinking soda pop.

The small town manufacturing...

The bait and tackle store...

Wood framed homes so old

Nobody lives there anymore.

A little slice out of the past,

This small town by the creek.

Treasured gemstone from our youth...

An American antique.

 


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