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In Good Earth — good enough for cotton —
brown and green irrigation circles
meet at the dusty corner of Main —
going east and west — and a farm road
going north to nowhere across the flats
of horned toads and tumble weed, south
to Amherst. One can be Methodist or Baptist —
even Catholic — if one prays for rain.

© Copyright 2021 Kåre Enga [178.196] (24.juli.2021)

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Earth, Texas - town founder William E. Halsell was so impressed by the area’s fertile soil he wanted to name the town Good Earth, which the post office shortened to Earth.

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In Good Earth — good enough for cotton —
brown and green irrigation circles meet
at the dusty corner of Main — going east
and west — and a farm road going north
to nowhere across the flats of horned toads
and tumble weed, south to Amherst.
One can be Methodist or Baptist — even
Catholic — as long as one prays for rain.

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