Their homes = Their farms
After the tenant farmers leave their farm, they still have regret/ worried and deep memories about their un-farmered farms when sharing their stories with the rest in the group of the migrants. In Chapter 17, the theme is about the memories and the worries that the farmers have after leaving their farms barren. My poem will explore the idea of the remembrance of the farmers to their own un-farmered farms. This is in a farmer's point of view to their barren farm.
The moment that I left you
As the road and time passed by
I miss you more and even more
I spoke softly about you to my friends
About how you were a little cool house
That used to keep the milk clean and fresh
Also the watermelons that I kept in there
On a hot sunny midday
You were still as cool as always how you'd want
She was so cool, she was so cool.
Some tragedies happened to you
Dust Bowl, God damn you
It destroyed our precious land
It forced us farmers out of our precious farm
Even though tragedies always happened there
Never as damaging as this time
I have to afford for my family
By moving West for a better life
Even though I left you
You are always in my heart.
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