Wild Rough Country

<p>Wild Rough Country / Right to Pretty Heroines / Birds<br />By Holly Myers</p><p> </p><p>A two-lane highway channels into a four-lane no man’s land toward Main Street. Wide empty medians. A confusion of frontage roads. At the Family Dollar a young woman stands alone in line with a bag of Cheetos and a child’s t-shirt on a hanger that reads “My Day Begins At Noon” in pink glitter letters.</p><p>A tax service a truck repair auto parts tacos a drivetrain specialist a county health office a liquor store. A church in a warehouse with a swing set outside.</p>