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Rumblings

Rumblings Bonnie West Hall Appalachian Heritage, Volume 32, Number 4, Fall 2004, pp. 55-56 (Article) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/aph.2004.0027 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/431042/summary Access provided at 19 Feb 2020 17:43 GMT from JHU Libraries Rumblings I wanted bad to keep it together—even moved back up the holler to what's left of the homeplace. Had the roof covered in shiny green tin and spent my last dime reflooring yellow-poplar walls that appeared to be the only things not rotted after sixty years of neglect, anger, and bad decisions. But I ain't Scarlett O'Hara, and this over-grown hillside sure don't look too much like Tara. To tell you the truth, I swear I'd rather let the bank take it all back than clean up another pile of trash dumped too near my front porch for comfort. I was just tellin' myself last night how I didn't give a fiddle-de-dee anymore if these eighteen- wheelin' coal trucks screech away the last ounce of peace this old holler road ever once knew. Ah, but who knows? Come tomorrow—I just might be seein' things another way. —Bonnie West Hall 55 56 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Appalachian Review University of North Carolina Press

Rumblings

Hall, Bonnie West.
Appalachian Review , Volume 32 (4) – Jan 8, 2014
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Bonnie West Hall Appalachian Heritage, Volume 32, Number 4, Fall 2004, pp. 55-56 (Article) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/aph.2004.0027 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/431042/summary Access provided at 19 Feb 2020 17:43 GMT from JHU Libraries Rumblings I wanted bad to keep it together—even moved back up the holler to what's left of the homeplace. Had the roof covered in shiny green tin and spent my last dime reflooring yellow-poplar walls that appeared to be the only things not rotted after sixty years of neglect, anger, and bad decisions. But I ain't Scarlett O'Hara, and this over-grown hillside sure don't look too much like Tara. To tell you the truth, I swear I'd rather let the bank take it all back than clean up another pile of trash dumped too near my front porch for comfort. I was just tellin' myself last night how I didn't give a fiddle-de-dee anymore if these eighteen- wheelin' coal trucks screech away the last ounce of peace this old holler road ever once knew. Ah, but who knows? Come tomorrow—I just might be seein' things another way. —Bonnie West Hall 55 56

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