The annual talent show is the highlight of this small town's autumn
festival, though lately, there hasn't been much cause to celebrate.
Textiles, tobacco, and the furniture factory -- staples of the local
economy -- are either gone or slowly dwindling away. Though the crowd
is smaller than last year, the few hundred in attendance are enjoying
the music and have seemingly forgotten, if but for a little while,
that their town is dying.
intermission -
Elvis exits
the porta john
Curtis Dunlap lives near the confluence of the Mayo and Dan rivers in
Mayodan, North Carolina. He has been published in Frogpond, The Heron's Nest,
Modern Haiku, Simply Haiku, big sky: The Red Moon Anthology of
English-Language Haiku, and Valley Voices. He was recently awarded
3rd Prize in the 11th International Kusamakura Haiku Competition. His
personal haiku and related forms web site is located at
http://www.tobaccoroadpoet.com/
Curtis Dunlap lives near the confluence of the Mayo and Dan rivers in
Mayodan, North Carolina. He has been published in Frogpond, The Heron's Nest,
Modern Haiku, Simply Haiku, big sky: The Red Moon Anthology of
English-Language Haiku, and Valley Voices. He was recently awarded
3rd Prize in the 11th International Kusamakura Haiku Competition. His
personal haiku and related forms web site is located at
http://www.tobaccoroadpoet.com/