If You’re Not From…

A Poem Adapted From “If You’re Not From The Prairies” by David Bouchard

If you’re not from ___________________________________________________

(a place, location or situation)

You don’t know ____________________________________________________

(a unique quality of that place, location or situation)

You can’t know ____________________________________________________

(repeat the unique quality of that place, location or situation)

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(a line describing the unique quality of the place, location or situation)

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(a line describing the unique quality—rhymes with the line above)

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(a line describing the unique quality of the place, location or situation)

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(a line describing the unique quality—rhymes with the line above)

If you’re not from ___________________________________________________

(a place, location or situation)

You don’t know ____________________________________________________

(a unique quality of that place, location or situation)