Thursday, March 10, 2011

Before You Move To Florida


Before you move to Florida,
You'll drive down a Pinellas county road
And find the shops bright and glinting in the sun.
You'll think that it might be nice to live here.
The traffic doesn’t bother you;
Just a line of eager cars with the same idea
To go where the sun shines warm.

But then you sign a lease,
Get a job,
Buy groceries,
And the line of cars is nothing but annoying tourists
Spewing exhaust fumes,
Thinking that life is a vacation.
Meanwhile, you’re running late to work,
Stuck on the causeway,
Missing the sunshine,
The beach,
And the suntan oil and Frisbee toss.

Now Florida is no longer a vast sunny playground;
It’s the state where you pay taxes
Fill your days with 9 to 5
Then watch TV until bedtime
Like everyone else;

Like you did
Before you made your vacation spot your home.

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