Prattville

Once, things were predictable
Everyone stopped to say hello,
Went to church on Sunday
Gossiped and eyeballed outsiders.

In small towns people stop and say hello.
Identity bond by tradition
(Gossiping and eyeballing outsiders)
Guns solving problems

Immigrants bypass traditions
Palabras added to drawling lexicon
Guns used to solve these problems,
But the “colored” water fountains are gone

Mexican mixing marriages
Replacing homogenous, we used to look the same.
Time snacking on paper bag segregation;
History changing, different battles.

Intermarrying sanctified bloodlines
Small numbers divided among themselves
History changing, same battles
Americans contra foreigners

Stucco houses filling, silly to
Gossip and eyeball outsiders
Who outnumber the old way;

Once, things were predictable.