this is the biggest small town i've been to. that skyscraper may as well be a general store. instead of many post offices we might as well send our mail from just one.

thirty miles to the eighties in any direction. past wants in the north and east or needs in the south.

if this bus would ever get here, i might sneak on and sit next to the crazy guy.

he'd ramble on about the untouchables drinking coffee behind glass as the world passes by.

and i'd tend to agree