Old Florida
Pink motels
and sweet tea.
Flamingos on the lawn.
Produce stands
and banjos—
multi-color dawns.
Country homes
with rope swings.
Mullet jumpin’ high.
“Cracker” jokes,
tall live oaks.
Tasty key lime pie.
Sunshine
on the water.
Palm fronds on the street.
Spanish moss.
Games of toss.
Soup with gator meat.
Florida …
I love you—
hot though you may be.
Never change
or re-arrange
your kingdom by the sea.
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