Florida

FLORIDA We Floridans sometimes take for granted What everyone else has always wanted Our state has it all But we prefer our problems to recall We’re Northerners gone south - deportees. Still we might complain about the palm trees And the climate tropical And frerquent shuttles astronomical. Today our home is standing on a knoll Tomorrow maybe in a limestone sink-hole If sea level rises We new-Floridans are sure in for surprises Strong cyclones or should I say hurricanes As they’re usually called by Fla-Americans Give us warm breezes In case the precious orange crop freezes Even our beautiful Everglades park is hostile, Filled to the gunwhales with crocodile. But I’ll be fair - the alligator Is really the aboriginal Sunshine Stater.