Allentown

By: Dom P.

You’ll come into an old town that used to be known as the Million Dollar Town. Beyond the graffiti take a left. Then beyond the old repair shop take a right. Once you’ve done that follow the depressing road till you see a cul de sac with yellow houses. That’s where I lived till I was about 1. I would describe Allentown as if it was as old as the dirt on this earth: vines on houses, ugly wallpaper, ugly colored cabinets, and old people.

When I lived in Allentown I was living with my grandparents and actual parents. Keep in mind that my mom was 18 when she had me so she didn’t have her own house yet and didn’t know much about parenting. I lived there until I was 1. When I turned 1 we moved to Lancaster. My dad was mostly working so me and my mom would go to the mall, park, or bowling. When we were done doing fun activities we would go get lunch. We called them lunch dates because it was just us. My dad worked about 2 hours away at a place called Fedchem. He was going to be in the air force but decided not to go because I was born. When my mom was at work and my dad was home I would have to go with him to his work, but he would drop me off at my grandparents so I was fine with it. When I was about 6, everytime we went to visit my grandparents I would have so much fun with their dogs Toby and FooFoo. FooFoo died when I was 7 but Toby is still alive to this day. He is old and having breathing problems but we think it’s because of him getting abused by his previous owners when he was a puppy. We have him now because my aunt stole him from their house. The thing that sucked was when we left because I would be balling my eyes out and screaming bloody murder. Now that I’m 12 I don’t do that anymore but it’s still sad when I have to leave. And that’s my back story of where born. What’s yours?

 Back Story of Allentown/Catasauqua