Hometown Poem

College Writing Assignment #12

Prompt: Write a poem about your hometown.

A sleepy town with not much to do

But it just seems that way because it’s all been done

Many times

The funny-smelling roller skating rink with the 90’s design and wacky rugs

The bowling alley with the arcade and overpriced prize counter

Families rotating between 4 different parks,

One of which isn’t even technically in our town

Over the years, more people come in

But we get more places to eat

Instead of more things to do

The roller skating rink shut down too

I guess we’ll just buy coffee and food again

And eat in the Target parking lot

Before going inside to spend money we never planned to spend

And coming out, not feeling a shred of remorse

Then we’ll drive to a park and walk around the trails,

usually twice, because we get tired

then we’ll say goodbye and go home with our goodies

In two weeks, when the boredom consumes us once again

On a sleepy day, with nothing to do

We’ll send each other a snap to do it all again

Because that’s all we have to do… just maybe in a different order