NORTH CAROLINA POEM BY CHERYL V.

NORTH CAROLINA

NORTH CAROLINA IS A PLEASANT STATE DOWN SOUTH
THE PEOPLE THERE SEEM TO ALL BE VERY FRIENDLY
THEY ALL HAVE VERY VOCAL MOUTHS
AND ARE ALWAYS EAGER TO MAKE FRIENDS
WITH ANY STRANGER, THEY HAPPEN TO RUN INTO
THEY ALWAYS SEEM TO BE SECURE IN THEIR SHOES
AND ARE NOT ABOUT TO LET ANYONE
TAKE OVER THEIR LIVES NOR LIKE ANY FOOLS
WHO DON’T LIKE BEING OUT IN THE HOT SUN
THEIR LIVES ARE SPENT MAKING A LIVING
ON TAKING CARE OF CORN FIELDS IN THE SUN
FROM EARLY MORNING, ALL SOUTHERNERS LIVE
TO RIDE FOUR WHEELERS DOWN THE DIRT ROADS
OR TO RELAX WATCHING IN THE CREEKS OR RIVERS
GREEN CREATURES LIKE THOSE LIVELY FROGS OR TOADS
SWIMMING DOWNSTREAM IN THE CREEKS OR RIVERS
AND CAN PRACTICALLY LIVE THEIR LIVES OUTSIDE
JUS BECAUSE THEY LOVE TO BAKE IN THE HOT SUN
MANY OF THEM RUN THEIR TRACTORS EARLY IN THE MORN
WHETHER TO TAKE A RIDE SOME PLACE IN THE HOT SUN
TO A STORE A WAYS OUT IN THE CITY IN THE MORNING
SO THAT THE SOUTHERNER CAN SHOP FOR THINGS
WHICH HE OR SHE NEEDS FOR THE FAMILY
OR JUS TO GET OUT AND ON THE WAY, SINGING
HIS OR HER HEART OUT IN SONG WITH THE BIRDS, WHAM
MOST OF THE SOUTHERNERS LIKE TO WALK IN THE DUST
BECAUSE FOR HIM OR HER, GETTING OUT IS A MUST
OR JUS SITTING OUT ON THE FRONT PORCH, ABSORBING NATURE
BECAUSE HE OR SHE ENJOYS MAKING PEACE WITH NATURE
OTHERS LOVE TRAVELING UP INTO THE MOUNTAINS
OR JUS WANDERING AROUND ON A HOT DAY FOR A FOUNTAIN
HOPEFULLY, IN MAKING HIS OR HER LIVING IN THE FIELDS
WITH A LOT OF WORK INVOLVED, WILL, ALSO, YIELD
TO THOSE SOUTHERNERS, A HUGE CROP OF CORN
SO THAT OTHERS, LIKE VISITORS, WILL SCORN
AT ALL THAT TIME, THE SOUTHERNER SPENDS IN THE FIELDS
BUT DOESN’T SEEM TO REALIZE ABOUT THE SOUTHERNERS
THAT EVERY ONE OF THEM WERE BROUGHT UP DOWN SOUTH
JUS SO THAT EVERY ONE IN THE FAMILY MAKES A LIVING
SELLING MOST OF THE CROPS OR BERRIES PICKED
TO THE SOUTHERNERS IN THEIR FREE TIME AT NIGHT
IN BEING SO STRONG, EACH ONE IS WILLING TO PICK A FIGHT
IF ANYONE MAKES FUN OF WHAT EACH ONE
CHERISHES DOING FOR A LIVING IN THAT HOT SUN