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OftenBen  ·  3539 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What Are Your Official State Symbols, or Do You Have a State Fish?

An Ode To Michigan [Roughly composed and really, two poems that I should flesh out separately.]

    'It's gorgeous here!' the locals cry

    through whipping, blinding snow.

    'The winter's really not so bad'

    muttered at 12 below.

    ___________________

    Clear water, green trees and a gentle lake breeze

    to this day bring me to my knees.

    And when the winter ends it's squeeze,

    I'll love the life spring guarantees.