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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

[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.