Bertrand Woodrow Blandings Dade McGory,
experimental author, took the Galesburg Times
(for which he’d forked three dollars, paid in dimes)
and fed it through his blender. His agenda?
“My latest novel seems a little slender:
I needed random input for the story.”
Miami Mall is rocking with aliens from star planets galore.
The worst thing is they are not buying anything from a store.
They are hypnotizing the salespeople and getting stuff free.
Items are leaving the mall faster than a grand prix shopping spree.
Someone who was watching what was happening averted his eyes.
He got on his phone and he dialed the Miami Dade policemen guys.
By the time they arrived the aliens had stolen billions of things.
Including several trays full of jewelry – emeralds and gold diamond rings.
The policemen came running in all confident, some in a huff.
They were hypnotized right away, and stopped acting so tough.
I decided to join the aliens and got myself a new blouse and chair.
Feeling pretty confident as I left with my loot, walking out into night air.
In Florida counties a shadow is cast,
Resides corruption, a damning blast.
Where truth's obscured by a darkened hue,
In counties cloaked, the tainted few.
In Orange's grasp, a sleight of hand,
A web of deceit across the land.
Broward's halls echo with deceit,
Where honesty finds no safe retreat.
Miami-Dade, where palms are greased,
In shadows lurk, the wicked feast.
Palm Beach sways with ill-gained might,
Where virtue's lost, submerged from sight.
Hillsborough's tale, a stain unseen,
The truth entangled in a web so keen.
Lee County's woes, a murky tide,
Where trust erodes, and hope subsides.
Let's seek reform, where darkness reigns,
Expose the truth, break free from chains.
For in these counties, hope resides,
To cleanse the stain, where virtue hides.
I think about you everyday.
I miss you with every fiber of
my being.
I went through a lot of stuff
since you left.
Some good moments and some
bad moments.
I'm writing this to tell you that
I'm ok.
I graduated from high school in
1996 and I know that you was
looking down at me.
In 2012 I did something no one
thought I couldn't do I graduated
from Miami Dade North.
2016 was a good year for me
I graduated from Florida
International University and
I truly found myself.
The bad moments are not
worth talking about.
I know you were up there
watching and guiding me
though everything.
I grew up a lot since you left.
I'm writing this to tell you that
I'm ok.