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.