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Illinois

land of taxed freedoms

of gas hikes over flat trails

a state of leaving residents

on to greener pastures

Illinois

Lincoln's land

a penny for one's thoughts

a massive motion of tollways         

a windy city in its midst

cold fronts

and access to lake fronts

 

Illinois

my home

my displaced heart

paying tolls for feeling blue

a blue state

the state of me

Illinois.

Reviews

[Vol]

Jacob,
Hmmm... I can think of very few things I don't love about Tennessee or Texas... Florida, though...
Vol

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I hear ya.
j.

[Fabian G. Franklin]

Home is sounding a bit bleak here. I rather like the image of home fires burning on the hearth and families sharing meals around the table or out camping, fishing and hiking together. But us hillbillies are a simple lot.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I miss how our family used to share meals....we always did.
Thanks, Fabian,
j.

[Dave W.]

Man you could replace Illinois with Oregon and it would ring just as true, I feel for you...

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for understanding, Dave,
j.

[Writergurl]

So very creative, I enjoyed this. I'm a Hoosier.
This is wonderful

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you, Hoosier.
j.

[Soren]

Sad to say but everything is taxed not once not twice but over and over again. Money is everything A sad but important write

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you, Soren,
j.

[Patricia Wedel]

Born in West Virginia in 1940... grew up in Maryland... raised two children in Virginia... where we all live at present. Our Country is a Puzzle with a few pieces missing. It is a Melancholy time with Grandfather Clocks feeling Blue.
Poetry will be our Stronghold... as Rivers become the Blue Danube of our Soul. tenderly, Pat

[jacob erin-cilberto]

"take me home country roads"!
thank you for sharing and yes, the Grandfather Clocks are feeling so blue.
Sad really....for all of us.
j.

[Desert Knave]

Arizona has been my "home" for a long time, but it seldom feels very much like a home. Good write. ~Jim

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Vermont feels most home to me and I have only been there once since I was a kid in the fifties.
read moreVermont feels most home to me and I have only been there once since I was a kid in the fifties.
My heart will always be there.
j.

[Mauricio Montoya]

Hey I love it I'm from Cali the golden state every state is great, love how you brought this together makes me love America, USA. Thank you for sharing.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you, Mauricio..I have some very close friends who live out there in Cali.
I am glad the poem could have that effect on you.'
j.

[Mauricio Montoya]

Great write

[Lorry]

I don't think you are the only one feeling this Jacob, although that is of no help to how you feel as a cog in the machine that used to run so smoothly, as life just happened around you but now get it crammed down your throat.
I was just reading a story on the BBC news site about protests in Northern virrginia about the amount of data centres popping into existence and how taxpayers are paying the cost not only with subsidies, but by the pollution they cause, all because of its proximity to Washington and the relatively affordable cost to business with cheap land deals.
Whoever would have thought people in a place with job worries would push back so aggressively against job creation, but at a cost to the environment.
Perhaps that shows we aren't as broken as we thought we were. Well not at least until the election results come through.
Those tolls do take a heavy price, don't they?

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Yes, they do, Lorry...yes they do.
thanks,
j.

[John the Baptist]

Somehow, I don't think the local chamber of commerce is going to use this one in its latest brochure.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Most likely not....but now for me it is home, I am not sure it is really where my heart is, but it is where my body is.
j.