S1 - Barlo Kentucky, 1917 - Episode 1: Old Number Seven
Added 2019-11-06 06:53:48 +0000 UTC
Welcome to Barlo Kentucky, a rotting tooth in the mouth of the holler, but it is in the only molar remaining. Coal was what they wanted, and coal is what they took. It was coal that started taking us as well. Everyone knows that you don’t climb into the dark earth without her swallowing a few of us whole. Her dark kiss planting seeds of decay in our lungs and blood--you do not take from the mother without her taking back. It was fair trade though--she fed our kids, built newer, nicer houses, paid more per hour than we could ever dream and all she asked in return in is that we die slowly without complaint. A lot of us are pretty sure the mines are what started it. The places we dug were places that hadn’t ever been opened, the things that were there had never seen the sunlight and were never meant to. That’s for later though--The Low Things and The Deep Things--there’s time for them, just not now. Right now we have to talk about the school. That’s where it started.
Comments
Sixth time listening from the beginning and loving it as always. Thanks again for all your hard work family!
Lisa Nielson
2023-10-30 03:53:19 +0000 UTCI have come back to listen from the very beginning, in post order, while I wait for S4. Also waiting for a commission payment to drop tomorrow so I can upgrade my tier because I feel the need for some art. Love you, Family.
Maureen Refior
2023-06-25 17:52:35 +0000 UTC
