Snow-bird Haven
Called my
Rambling Floridian ears
Gregariously grayed
Decked out Bermudas
Dark socks and sandals
They had seemed
So foreign, so frail
So elderly, so frugal
They all came out to
Welcome me, N0-Smokey Grey
And ours labs, Kirstie and Sam
They checked out our boat
Our truck, the books we were reading
They reminded us
About the pooper scoop,
The free videos, kayaks
Bicycles and bar-b- que
A few of their tales
Told
Over and over again
They shared their music
Out on the veranda
And sipped in white wine and sunsets
Yet, they tear about on rented
Motor bikes with tiny
American flags waving
And tenderly
Anointed one another with SPF-30
And called home to let the kids know
Yes, they were enjoying the winter sun
Dad had suffered no angina this week
And the seafood is truly yummy
And some how, I thought
We had crossed
That line in that Cedar-ed sand
(The Sandy Shores of Cedar Key)
Debora Short
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/from-sunset-to-twillight-a-floridian-s-journey/
