Pick a brick out of the rubble of your old elementary school,

            cut yourself on the metal wire.

Pull poison ivy out of Granny Wilma’s Dogwoods.

Stand in two states at one time,

            see three while the fall foliage trips over itself up the mountain.

Run into three teachers, two classmates, and four cousins

            at Walmart.

Post a picture of the Appalachian Mountains—make your friends in the city jealous.

Read a billboard that says: “PREPARE TO MEET GOD” and

            one with a woman reading a crystal ball that says

            “DIVINATION is ruining this DIVINE NATION.”

See more Biden Harris signs than you expected.

Lose your sweater by 2pm.

Pick up a pimento cheese grilled cheese from the Gap Creek Coffeehouse.

Try to hold your breath through the tunnel—two minutes.

Chloé McMurray is a passionate activist and writer with degrees in Sociology and English. Before coming to Nashville, she worked in a domestic violence shelter where she focused my efforts on male and LGBTQ+ victims of sexual assault. She is currently studying to get her Master’s in Creative Writing while still working full-time at the Tennessee Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence as a program specialist who offers trainings on all things related to diversity and inclusion. Her literary work has been featured in the Albion Review, Georgia State’s the Underground, Anti-Heroin Chic, and more.