Carey, Idaho<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe people come and go,
but Carey is used to the churn.
Time is a daunting flow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pioneers long ago
let the church run the town.
The people come and go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Roads and railroads come slow,
and water is a grave concern.
The town withstands the flow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some children come to know
they need to leave to learn.
The people come and go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Others choose to go
on missions and then return.
The town weathers the flow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Carey continues to grow.
The seasons take their turn
while the people come and go.
The town welcomes the flow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
NOTE: In the 1961-62 school year, I attended Idaho State College on a track scholarship. Sprinter John Briggs, the “Carey Comet,” was a good friend of mine on the team. I got to spend one weekend with his family in Carey, a small Mormon community in southern Idaho. It had about 300 people at the time. Carey still has less than a thousand residents these days. I wrote this villanelle for the prompt “small town.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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