I am from...

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I am from

I am from black Iowa fields

and Kentucky coal mines

deep in the earth’s groin.

I am from whiskey and want,

Irish clergy and stalwart Scot.

I am from divorce and remarriage,

miscarriage and blight.

I am from uproot and migrate, run

from trouble and sweep it under the rug.

I am from wanderlust, R &R

and the Tonkin Gulf.

I am from arming aircraft

with kid-killing bombs

and Tomahawks missiles.

I am from TV dinners

and baby sitters,

soap operas, hula hoops

and Tupperware.