When I left to travel, to go to college, we made a promise.
An unspoken promise, but it hung in the air, heavy like fog.
I promised to leave, to change, and to come back.
You promised you'd stay the same.
And so far, we have both kept up our ends of the deal.
When I return, I am different, but you are the same.
Not this time though.
You broke your end of the deal.
I came back, changed, and found you had changed too.
I still recognized the storefronts, the sidewalks, and I thought you kept up your promise.
But then I went to Rite-Aid. And it had changed. Which means that you are changing.
My dear small town, you have not kept your end of the deal. Don't worry, I will keep my end, and we will both change, until each is unrecognizable to the other.
But please, make the changes slow. I don't need more stores I can't navigate.
<3
(half satire/half serious)
An unspoken promise, but it hung in the air, heavy like fog.
I promised to leave, to change, and to come back.
You promised you'd stay the same.
And so far, we have both kept up our ends of the deal.
When I return, I am different, but you are the same.
Not this time though.
You broke your end of the deal.
I came back, changed, and found you had changed too.
I still recognized the storefronts, the sidewalks, and I thought you kept up your promise.
But then I went to Rite-Aid. And it had changed. Which means that you are changing.
And then I realized that this isn't your first changed - the health food store changed too, but more subtly.
Maybe that was your hint to me - trying to ease me into you changing slowly.
My dear small town, you have not kept your end of the deal. Don't worry, I will keep my end, and we will both change, until each is unrecognizable to the other.
But please, make the changes slow. I don't need more stores I can't navigate.
<3
(half satire/half serious)
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