The backbone of the United States
is not the large and boisterous cities,
but all the towns and hamlets far and wide
with people of noble character and serenities.
A town with a peaceful country side around it
where folks live and earn a living who love
a plot of green grass near their cherished homes,
and a bit of an azure sky above.
Joseph T. Renaldi
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/backbone-of-a-nation/
