My hometown was poisoned,
Chromium tainted water eating away at our bodies,
the company was quick to cover,
buying off people,
buying out houses,
just to tear them down,
the desert ground overpowered spaces where houses once stood,
people once lived,
community once congregated,
now desolate,
school was closed,
gas station shut down,
the bar remains open but I am not much of a drinker,

people ask me for my permanent address and I respond,
“It is wherever I am.”

they look at me with puzzled faces.