What if you had to move to a new state each year?
It would be wonderfully exciting
Wouldn't it?
You'd be provided with
New Year's resolutions for certain.
Find a new state.
Find a new home.
Find a new job,
New friends,
New life.
It would be terribly lonely though
Wouldn't it?
There would be so much
You could never do.
Never live in your childhood home.
Never remember your first state.
Never say "born and raised,"
Be considered a local
Or even feel settled.
If your spouse had already lived in a state you hadn't,
You would be apart for at least a year.
And after all that stress,
No one would live past fifty anyway.
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I really like this entry it's true. I never thought of moving around like a problem, I am one who is born and raised. I never thought no consistency, no real friends. Gives me something to think about.
ReplyDeleteI found this poem very interesting. I loved how you made a list of the things people can never do if they constantly moved. I thought those things was very meaningful and made your audience think and put themselves in that position
ReplyDeleteI think you touched on some feeling that everyone who has moved around expieriences. There's a sense of not having any roots anywhere but having pride in being different from others wherever you go.
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