Old Southern Sleaze

That old dirty ghost folk gets me every time. Its what it means to be southern and to live in a land of humidity and dirty towns. Sure theres backwards people, but this world is full of that. Theres always going to be 100 assholes for every saint no matter which town you live in and that will never change. I grew up in the south and I looked forward to the day I can jump in my car and drive off away from this dirty nasty place. Get away from the racisim and get away from the hicks travel far away from this all and never look back. However, the older i've grown the more i've realized this is a stupid idea not that I shouldn't get away from the south or that I have some how fallen in love with this land, but I can't deny the fact that there exist an old southern soul still in grained in the atmosphere around here. When I listen to old rockabilly southern ghost rock like that of the Pine Hill Haints or the Caravans I can feel it creeping around in it's own dark mysterious manner. That old southern sleaze... impossible to describe but completely unavoidable when it touches your soul and drags you down with it.

Fountain

Every time a brand new fountain is created someone always comes along... regardless if it's a wishing well or not, and throws coins in it.  Why? why do we feel the urge to toss a coin into a fountain when walking by? Is it a hope of a wish that could possibly be granted? Maybe this fountain will be the one boys lets unload a few quarters in it and find out.  I wonder if that has ever worked out for some poor soul.  I like to think so.  A lone wanderer, whose down on his luck with only one penny to spare decides to toss his lot into the rippling waters in hopes that today will be the day.  Today will be the day his wish will finally come true.

I'm not trying to knock this tradition though... I could really use a wish so maybe today will be my day for a wish and I can graduate out of this school and move onward to the next goal.  I wonder how much money is necessary to appease the wish god of the all mighty fountain waters.  Is it really just a penny or like everything else do you need to pay your dues before any favors come your way?  It doesn't matter to me though my whole backpack is full of coins and one of these better work.