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O My America: Florida, a Poem
lawrencebush
January 9, 2012
by Lawrence Bush
FLORIDA
We become more human with age
The old man becomes more womanly
The old woman more mannish
The old Jew more African
the old African more Latino
the old Latino more Jewish
We merge and blend
in our suffering
in our helplessness
But rather than exalt these elders
and their kind teachings
of humility
America
sends them to live with the alligators
