by Benjamin Carson

I’m thinking about moving to Duluth, not because I know anyone there.

I’ve never even been there, wherever it is. I just like how it sounds. Duluth.

I want to be able to say, “I’m from Duluth,” when someone, anyone, asks. 

And when they ask me how it is, I’ll say, “Duluth is Duluth” in a way that makes

them think they’ve crossed some line, asked one too many questions, are out

of their depth, that it is not just the place that I am from but the place that 

shaped me, my very core, and that to talk about it would be akin to rending

a garment at Gethsemane, and that is something I am simply not willing to do.

I’m thinking about moving to Duluth. I just like the way it sounds. Duluth.