how you know you're in the right place, chapter 1

where katie buys her milk is a half hour drive on east texas back roads

and there is no one there when you get there.

there are refrigerators full of milk and cream

and this season's vegetables,

and there is a bulletin board with phone numbers

for fresh blueberries or cream peas

and there are stacks of homemade goat's milk soap

and there is trust.

you take what you need and you drop your money in a box.

you make sure to shut the door when you leave.

the wind will catch it if you don't.

file this under why i live where i live.

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