popular towns

the popular voice 

is made of aging gravel.

mostly composed of

Machiavellian mandate cohesive tar

together with 

the news-media of crushed rock.

can look as if it is a tar road 

of consenting voices

in the heat of the day. 

read as vapors rising,

may be the cause of that view.

but when you look at the map,

not all of these roads are evident.

maybe not even passable ,

even as dirt with deep ruts

yet going to where.

so when do topics become towns

worthy of one's attention to travel?