Rural & Modern

In rural towns the children play

Between the houses hide and stay

Within the fields of corn and beans

Their minds grow too, with special means

Tradition tells them work’s the way

We are a family today

The world is bigger than they say

They all can choose their quilting seams

In rural towns

Communities across the way

Are not so few and far away

Children can learn to read it seems

They learn more than to eat their greens

If we teach them well, they can “slay”

In rural towns