Home has suddenly become the collective center of existence again. Last week, we heard a song about it. Other songs tell you you can never go back. This week, Dustin Duby-Koffman, who is a talented songwriter in his own right, pushes back on that notion in a poem about his titular hometown, which can stand in for any hometown since, as he writes, “You have to be / from somewhere.”
Rockville, Maryland
Rockville, Maryland
Rockville, Maryland
Home has suddenly become the collective center of existence again. Last week, we heard a song about it. Other songs tell you you can never go back. This week, Dustin Duby-Koffman, who is a talented songwriter in his own right, pushes back on that notion in a poem about his titular hometown, which can stand in for any hometown since, as he writes, “You have to be / from somewhere.”