Email: "POETIC LICENSE: Dejection on a Florida Summer Afternoon"
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On this ominous afternoon



I’ve had my fill of Florida,



My fill of alligator-friendly heat,



Of red weather



Bursting from the TV screen



Into a dark angry clot



Over our fail-safe houses



And alien lawns — my fill



Of violent venereal rain



Fueling the overgrowth



And overbuilding, the excess



Of Paradise paved over.







On this ominous afternoon



Lightning flashes



In diabolical sync



With the signs on Tamiami.



Inside my conditioned



Condo cocoon, outages blink



Off and on, off and on,



Urging me to evacuate



Before the unborn mosquitoes



Get to beat their wings



And the mouth of red weather



Swallows me whole.

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