Almost heaven, West Virginia: Prompt

Your prompt for this week popped into my head as I looked for a poem to post today from Robert Wood Lynn's incredible collection, Mothman Apologia. The title of this prompt is, of course, the first 4 words of John Denver's song, "Take Me Home, Country Roads."

West Virginia is a place where I have lived (twice) and I also visit a lot. I have been on those country (and urban) roads in every part of the state. It is one of my favorite places in the country, even with its myriad troubles (one of th...