Only in Florida

comments suggested I should laugh

at the video on my instagram feed

of an aligator crawling across a cul de sac

along with the the words "only in florida"

Her scaley paws on the pavement, impervious

and the houses there all brand new

a policeman watches and waits

unsure of what to do

I'd like to tell him:

bring back the button bush,

the soft seemed bulrush,

the grasses, sedges and reeds

Let her sink back into the swamp

and breathe

only in florida

where she belongs to be.

Reviews

[Papaya]

And yet it happens everywhere. Wild life is forced from its habitat because of our expanding developments. Thought provoking and meaningful write.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

compassion for something or someone everyone else would fear. A poet's heart indeed.