They say its summer all the time
and the suns shines sticky hot
on the uncovered streets
but the oceans, yes,
both of them blow cool
as the tourists overpay for food
and drinks at Margaritaville and Sloppy Joes,
the famous places made so by dead guys.
The mosquitoes collect rent
in the evening at Mallory Square
But we go there anyway and worship
the dying of the sun knowing tomorrow,
even if it rains, it will still be summer
in that cool tropical way
it will never be in Cleveland or Birmingham.
About anthonyuplandpoetwatkins
https://www.goodreads.com/AnthonyUplandpoetWatkins
born
in Jackson, The United States
August 04, 1959
gender
male
website
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genre
Poetry, Historical Fiction
influences
James M. Lancaster, Brenda Black White, Gertrude Stein, William Carlos Williams, and Al Filreis
member since
March 2011
About this author
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There is little about me that isn't already available at Facebook or Linkedin, or countless other places.
Poet, writer, construction worker, salesman, truck driver, climber into the attics of total strangers, father and husband, and all around one of the luckiest men on the planet.
My luck continued with a win in the June Goodreads Newsletter Contest! What an honor!
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Additional Influences: Bob Dylan, William Faulkner, Barbara Kingsolver, Gloria Naylor, Eudora Welty