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Town of Cows

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Westford. Yes, that "little" town. Um, no, it's the next town over from Essex. No... no, I don't own cows... Is 60 something acres really a lot? No, no stores.

Tell me, though, is is nice to live an a neighborhood? To have friends that close? And so many of them? Do your parents really let you go wherever you want?

But tell me, who do you tell your secrets to? Have you ever climbed a tree twice as tall as your house? Do the sirens wake you up at night? And with all of those people, when you feel alone, don't you really feel alone?

There's less of us, and there's more of you; That doesn't mean anything of consequence- not that you're smarter or even better with socializing. We're people too. Not just 'those Westford kids'. Westford may be to trees as Burlington or even Essex is to buildings, but just because you're over there and we're over here doesn't mean we're bad.

Westford is just different.

We don't expect you to understand that.

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