The two pickups were parked at the Donut Palace, formerly a sub shop
Run by a Chinese family, all living in the back, barely scraping by as this town has turned into nothing more than a whistle stop
The train still passes the old depot but only stops when the harvested grain is to be loaded
And any thoughts of turning this once thriving community back to its former glory have long since eroded
The big box variety store opened the next community over drawing the shoppers there
First the jewelers left, then the clothing store, the hardware store downsized and the old VFW post fell into disrepair
The onetime picturesque town square is in inhabited by the downtrodden court house and the old World War II memorial
Now covered in pigeon droppings the proud monument once guarded the citizens in the area or so claimed the local newspaper in its last editorial
Now the buildings in the shopping district have been taken over by the Muslim people
As the call for prayer blasts from the former Baptist steeple
Small foreign businesses had opened up in the once thriving area as rent had dropped to pennies on the dollar
Propped up by NGO services and income from their business they were able to escape their self made third world squalor
Now in public schools some grades are being taught by Muslims in full burqa dress
Sharia law is practiced and taught while being clear those who reject the priciples have no chance at success
The pizza place with its choice of a wide variety of toppings now is very limited and takeout only as all the seats have been removed from the former freight car
The once lively sounds of Saturday night on the square have now been replaced by the bellows of frightened cattle waiting to have their throats cut at the abattoir
The former white collar citizens have taken flight as the businesses closed and the working tradesmen have all disappeared
Replaced by women hiding behind their clothes and stern looking men all with a beard
But this group votes as a bloc and soon the city council, the school board, and local law enforcement all adhere to Sharia law
The domino effect was complete. The big box store opens and kills multiple livelihoods while America seems unaware it is surviving its last hurrah
An Observer of Life in Bad Poetry 